From: mvparvia AT delta DOT hut DOT fi (Mikko V.I. Parviainen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: BASH as default DOS shell under Windows 98?
Date: 4 Mar 99 20:33:43 GMT
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[On copying bash.exe as command.com]
locke AT mcs DOT net (Peter Johnson) writes:
>Um.. that would be a BAD idea.   Considering that command.com is NOT
>an .exe file (.coms and .exes are loaded differently by DOS).

Actually, I have the impression that command.com has been an exe file
since at least MS-DOS 5.0. DOS determines the type of an executable
from its internal structure, not file system name.

If I recall correctly, one could run a file with any name as an 
.exe-file, if only all relevant data is in the right place.   

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Mikko Parvianen
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