X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_93 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:16:17 +0100 From: Robin Walker Reply-To: Robin Walker To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: run-1.1.11-1 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <450B91BCB17B4346BD55B6FE9215AFFF1D54669D@DF-M14-04.exchange.corp.microsoft.com> References: <200908161558.n7GFwZ16011900@StraightRunning.com> <4A883A1D.10109@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20090817084750.GP32408@calimero.vinschen.de> <4A894A82.2010109@cornell.edu> <20090817135758.GZ32408@calimero.vinschen.de> <4385EB0C1AF79960A02CC313@qjunbur.quns.cam.ac.uk> <450B91BCB17B4346BD55B6FE9215AFFF1D54669D@DF-M14-04.exchange.corp.microsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com --On 17 August 2009 17:52 +0000 Stephan Mueller wrote: > Robin Walker wrote: > " On any NT-class Windows, calling a *.bat file causes a 16-bit > sub-system to " be spawned, and the .bat file is interpreted within the > 16-bit command " interpreter. > " > " Given that Cygwin 1.7 no longer supports Windows 9x systems, it would > " probably make sense to convert as many .bat files as possible to .cmd > " files, so that they run within the normal 32-bit command interpreter. > " > " Does the startxwin.bat script work when it is renamed startxwin.cmd ? > > This is certainly an interesting question, but I'm not sure I believe the > preceding claim. OK, I stand corrected. It looks as if something that bit me more years ago than I can remember is not in fact the problem that I mis-remembered it to be. Sorry for wasting your time! -- Robin Walker -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple