From: vzell AT de DOT oracle DOT com (Dr. Volker Zell)
Subject: Re: *.COM file execution
11 Sep 1998 02:33:34 -0700
Message-ID: <3801-Thu10Sep1998164708+0200-vzell.cygnus.gnu-win32@de.oracle.com>
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To: noer AT cygnus DOT com
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Hi


    >> The necessary support in Cygwin32 is fixed in the development
    >> sources / next major release:

    >>         * spawn.cc (perhaps_suffix): If report_failure_p is
    >> non-zero this function will search for (PROG is the pathname to
    >> the executable file) PROG.exe, PROG, PROG.com, PROG.bat, and
    >> PROG.cmd and return either the full path name if found or NULL
    >> if not.  (spawn_guts): If the file name of the executable end
    >> in either .exe, .com, .bat, or .cmd we assume that it is not a
    >> script file and therefore do not open the file to determine if
    >> it is.

Is it possible to include the .btm extension for the 4NT command
interpreter fans. Here the description of a btm file from the
online-help of the 4NT command interpreter:

BTM File:  A special type of 4NT batch file which is loaded into memory to speed up execution.


Thanks and Ciao
   Volker



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