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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:25:41 -0600
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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To: Mark Molloy <MarkMolloy AT DirecWay DOT COM>
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Subject: Re: $PATHEXT not sufficient to run script from BASH without specifying extension on Windows XP?
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According to Mark Molloy on 4/28/2005 1:42 PM:
> #
> # I can't seem to execute "testScript.sh" without 
> # specifying its extension:
> #
> $ testScript
> bash: testScript: command not found
> 
> #
> # What am I missing to be able to run a script from bash
> # without specifying the extension?
> #

The ONLY extension that is automatically applied by cygwin is .exe.  All
other extensions must be spelled out in full - see
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html.  But for shell
scripts, there are a couple of a simple solutions:

1) get rid of the extension altogether:
$ mv testScript.sh testScript

2) allow it to be called with or without extension
$ ln -s testScript.sh testScript

- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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