Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:15:38 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT usa DOT net>
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Subject: Re: bash binary uploaded Feb. 18th
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On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Mark E. wrote:

> > I found a strange problem with this version.  Suppose you have a
> > directory with two files: foo.site and foo.bat.  Now, if I chdir into that
> > directory and type "./foo.site", I actually see `foo.bat' being run!  It's
> > almost as if Bash were stripping the extension and then looking for the
> > executable without the extension.
> 
> That's exactly what it does when LFN=N.

I wonder why.  FWIW, Bash 1.14.7 doesn't have this problem.

> The workaround (assuming Win 9x) until I can post another update is
> to make sure LFN=Y.

Sorry, can't use that workaround: I need this to work in plain DOS.