X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 53E6C385DC13 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1587144290; bh=2l4fg8/k7w6Y36bsfdU0eS4dJ9OUSlZFJFBLlXC8En8=; h=References:In-Reply-To:Date:Subject:To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To: From; b=aauwmYgp5AeVl0bHT13JPnWrom/dB2hxl+8TvXFeGJSL4QM0sDvhCvHTotXtRT45I 0vopMFM6ttHxoZ/oUQRx02xeAEi/DnpXmp8WXOU2BBvqqv+nzuJkYfuGjqNIiZzhNL 2N1Q64IApj8OoK1jvkI+QvXNIzrkDj0jwOPmB8ao= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 12A7C385B835 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=+58GLizTRz6QIzHMInUVCZzo9pMFfjMBZndOxkSbQ+k=; b=oRJHYMxnZcSEPWNInizMn09pcFTHtDIAJEo4PWLh8VeaCZD0tzkrFEf9vhSoL2nGsy USjLYHxSGaItnM+rgWp6tY/NWm25ETwRkAd/tqniV84L8ro9gE7pl1PZdY6PQIS+PdLG OD2Jc52osSgKpoOFzQOxu/VcJZKySGbCEkHaIzRuE+I3Ajt4C+YkObyUfFW5u4M5xRm+ S/L2eE+yluZ8eXBWrsBf1bBhqKe0fnTFaehWG4xPxYXCC1XK1zQciRP9+8W2TULG5TGN OVRqkOv7zzl5dHczhZuPlRFYFRjcktSDXDW8FOdXKNmrHpRfV9e+AlKVAeJToNKFlcVp c1HA== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PubijNeBOGYaOhCV+eFO0eG26RiEbY5SmAIYa1mIV1VCHJIoEcVs 1qzv01c3+a112QXDEpH11ze4GxG8sxvSd7DEhHo5lAds1dI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypJwwGxlnU/n+djhJJMOPE7wT9m4x+/gPqAGmqL0v9yo+0HuiqiGjJwCfgJUFGm1/w+WAIq7DV23zligFXpRoJo= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:1dc3:: with SMTP id d186mr4382024wmd.90.1587144285081; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:24:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:24:33 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What is wrong with the name excel? To: cygwin X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Erik Soderquist via Cygwin Reply-To: Erik Soderquist Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "Cygwin" On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 7:11 AM Gerlach van Beinum wrote: > > I made a program to read a csv file from Excel. I called it excel.c > and it made an executable excel.exe > If irun that executable with: > ./excel.exe > nothing happens, i.i. no output. > > If I rename it to a.exe it runs OK. > > What about this name excel?? I believe this is actually a Windows issue; Windows recognizes "excel.exe" as 'a Microsoft package' and intercepts the call to launch the program, though I would expect Microsoft Excel to launch rather than 'nothing happening' I've had this problem before on hosts that did not even have Cygwin installed when the executable file name matched an existing 'Microsoft package' -- Erik -- "I do not think any of us are truly sane, Caleb. Not even you. Courage is not sanity. Being willing to die for someone else is not sanity." ... "Love is not sane, nor is faith." ... "If sanity lacks those things, Caleb, I want no part of it." -- Alexandria Terri in "Weaving the Wyvern" by Alexis Desiree Thorne -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple