Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/03/29/08:43:07
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Robert R Schneck wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> wrote:
> > 'Ware of this issue:
> >
> > <QUOTE from http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN846>
> > If a shell script myprog and a program myprog.exe coexist in a
> > directory, the program has precedence and is selected for execution of
> > myprog.
> > </QUOTE>
>
> The original poster was actually pointing out a different issue:
> If the shell script itself is named myprog.exe, it is executed as
> a Windows executable rather than as a shell script.
Yes, and that had been addressed by Larry already. I was just commenting
on the "my scripts now strip the .exe extension" part of the OP's reply.
> It would be nice if the file could be checked for beginning with "#!",
> but perhaps the only real solution is Don't Do That, Then.
>
> Robert
AFAIU, it's a shortcut to let Windows do what it will with the known
executable types (.exe/.com).
Igor
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