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--On 17 August 2009 17:52 +0000 Stephan Mueller wrote:

> Robin Walker wrote:
> " On any NT-class Windows, calling a *.bat file causes a 16-bit
> sub-system to  " be spawned, and the .bat file is interpreted within the
> 16-bit command  " interpreter.
> "
> " Given that Cygwin 1.7 no longer supports Windows 9x systems, it would
> " probably make sense to convert as many .bat files as possible to .cmd
> " files, so that they run within the normal 32-bit command interpreter.
> "
> " Does the startxwin.bat script work when it is renamed startxwin.cmd ?
>
> This is certainly an interesting question, but I'm not sure I believe the
> preceding claim.

OK, I stand corrected.  It looks as if something that bit me more years ago 
than I can remember is not in fact the problem that I mis-remembered it to 
be.

Sorry for wasting your time!

-- 
Robin Walker

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