From: sos@prospect.com.ru (Sergey Okhapkin) Subject: RE: Default linker output filename 31 Oct 1996 23:59:14 -0800 Sender: daemon@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <01BBC7DB.FD519C90.cygnus.gnu-win32@d12.z194-58-227.relcom.ru> Original-To: "gnu-win32@cygnus.com" , "'Geoffrey Noer'" Encoding: 11 TEXT Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Geoffrey Noer wrote: >We are thinking about changing the default linker output filename from >a.out to aout.exe. Can anyone think of any bad consequences that might >result? > >(My gut feeling is that a.out.exe might be problematic so I lean towards >aout.exe). Not good idea, I think. Many unix tools expects a.out as default input filename. Sergey Okhapkin Moscow, Russia - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".