X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:26:23 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: run-1.1.11-1 Message-ID: <20090817182623.GA32734@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.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 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 07:16:17PM +0100, Robin Walker wrote: >--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! Too bad. It was an interesting supposition, at least. cgf -- 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