From: paveltz AT csoft DOT bg (Pavel Tzekov) Subject: Re: *.COM file execution 12 Sep 1998 00:27:07 -0700 Message-ID: <35F921FC.4FCA3F0.cygnus.gnu-win32@csoft.bg> References: <3801-Thu10Sep1998164708+0200-vzell AT de DOT oracle DOT com> Reply-To: paveltz AT csoft DOT bg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Dr. Volker Zell" Cc: noer AT cygnus DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > > 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. Wouldn't that make it neccessary to add support in the bash sources for 4NT ? *.BTM files are not plain *.BAT files Pavel Tzekov CSoft Ltd. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".