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On Jul 15 09:34, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Am 14.07.2009, 17:47 Uhr, schrieb Christopher Faylor
> <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>:
>
>> Btw, some versions of cmd.exe don't work well with executables which lack
>> extensions.  I just ran into this problem recently.  I don't remember
>> exactly where, probably it was with NT 4.
>
> Perhaps Cygwin 1.7 should do away with NT compatibility and require Win2k.

It's not an NT4 problem.  cmd and Windows Explorer behave like this:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-07/msg00460.html (last paragraph)
on all Windows systems.


Corinna

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