Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:31:31 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: bash 2.04 build failure?
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Mark E. wrote:

> This is because Bash 2.05 uses libc's dosexec.c which will execute "x.bat" 
> even if you told it to run "x". While this is compatible with the way 
> command.com works, it's bad mojo for Bash.

Why is it a bad mojo for Bash?