From: andrewd AT axonet DOT com DOT au (Andrew Dalgleish) Subject: RE: *.COM file execution 14 Sep 1998 03:43:01 -0700 Message-ID: <91A8FD196436D1118EC2006008186C960D2A4A.cygnus.gnu-win32@server1.axonet.com.au> To: "Dr. Volker Zell" Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr. Volker Zell [SMTP:vzell AT de DOT oracle DOT com] > Sent: 1998 September 11, Friday 00:47 > To: noer AT cygnus DOT com > Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Re: *.COM file execution > > 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. [Andrew Dalgleish] I've got a patch to spawn.cc which uses NT's PATHEXT variable. I'm still testing it, but I'll post it later this week if nothing breaks. - 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".