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From: "Barnhart, Kevin" <Kevin DOT Barnhart AT echostar DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: run batch w/o .bat?
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:32:56 -0600 
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	[Barnhart, Kevin]  What sort of worms?  How big is the can?

	Performance issues = me having to edit new batch files all the time.

	Kevin 

> <snip>
> 
> 
> >Same here; it's just nice to not have to remember to tack on the .bat if
> >possible.
> >
> 
> 
> Right.  This has been discussed.  It could be added but it opens up a can
> of
> worms and would likely result in performance issues as well.  Searching
> for
> foo.exe and foo.bat (and foo.com and foo.sh and ...) whenever someone
> types
> "foo" is not ideal.
> 
> 

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