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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:22:39 -0400
To: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin RCS Build Instructions (or sometimes ash does not
  like a.out)
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At 11:02 AM 10/12/2000, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>--- Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
> > 
> > ash wants files to have the executable bit set.  Cygwin fakes this by looking
> > for files with specific extensions and setting the bit in that case.
> > 
> > '.out' is not one of the extensions.
> > 
>
>IMO, .out should be considered as "one of the extensions".  After all cmd.exe
>will execute a file with a .out extension.  At least on my NT4sp4 machine,
>YMMV.
>
>Cheers,
>
>=====
>Earnie Boyd
>mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com


While I'm not disagreeing with you, as I recall, NT-based systems will be 
able to run any executable, regardless of the extension.  Extensions are
needed for 9x platforms and Explorer it seems.


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