From: pete@horus.cix.co.uk (Pete Jordan) Subject: Re: cp/mv/rm problems with .exe extension filenames 18 Aug 1998 17:27:16 -0700 Message-ID: References: <35D35194.D6169D44@cray.com> Reply-To: pete@horus.cix.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Steven Hein wrote: > cp vim /bin > > The command failed because the file 'vim' did not exist--it is vim.exe! Depending on what version of GNUconf is being used, there may be a configure option to set an executable suffix. --program-suffix=.exe is what you're looking for. Pete Jordan ~ Horus Communications Ltd ~ http://www.horus.cix.co.uk/ "You know how that camel does it? He just closes one of his eyes and flops back his ears and plunges right through. A camel is mighty narrow when he closes one eye and flops back his ears. Besides, they use a big-eyed needle in the act." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".