Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 22:12:11 +0300
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	09 Jan 2003 09:30:53 +0100)
Subject: Re: m4 port: return program name as 'm4' not '/some/path/m4.exe'
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> From: Tim Van Holder <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: 09 Jan 2003 09:30:53 +0100
> 
> > > but Tim van
> > > Holder (hi Tim) told me the other day that it'll find directories called "foo"
> > > in the path as well.
> > 
> > Isn't that a bug?  Does that happen on Unix and GNU/Linux systems as 
> > well.
> 
> I was talking about Linux/Unix systems, where directories have the
> 'executable' bit set

Yes, I understand.  I asked whether "test -x" _should_ find
directories or only executable programs.

> I don't know if this Unixism is simulated by our test -x

Of course, we do: our `stat' returns the executable bit set for
directories.