Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <46476C008A10D311BD0A0000C0775CF9DD6E72@srv-exchange.adtran.com> From: TOMMY REYNOLDS To: mingw32@egroups.com, Todd Bandrowsky Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: RE: [mingw32] Re: [RFC] changing gcc default output executable na me (a.exe now) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:03:50 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain I'd vote just the opposite: make an "a.out" file in both instances, because: 1) that's what UNIX does, it's expected; 2) that's what UNIX does, it's documented; 3) typing "a.out" under WinDo$e will run the file any - we don' need no steekin' suffixes anymore; and 4) it doesn't break anything we're trying to port from UNIX anyway.. This is just one more "exactly the same as UNIX but with one subtle difference" nuisance. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com