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 Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 10:50:55 -0500 From: Chris Faylor To: Earnie Boyd Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: No such file or directory Message-ID: <20000327105055.A28822@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Mail-Followup-To: Chris Faylor , Earnie Boyd , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com References: <20000327135531.13723.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.8i In-Reply-To: <20000327135531.13723.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 05:55:31AM -0800 On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 05:55:31AM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- Chris Faylor wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 10:40:13PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) >> wrote: >> >Looks to me like your big problem is the install program which assumes the >> >UNIX convention of executables without extensions (.exe). It looks for >> >remind and not remind.exe, which is what exists. >> >> I wonder if it would really be a big deal if cygwin, by default, found a >> file "foo.exe" if there was no existing file "foo". >> >> We keep running into this problem and I wonder if implementing this in >> cygwin would solve more problems than it causes. >> > >What a concept Chris! ;^) It sounds like an awesome task. What happens if foo >and foo.exe exists? Then foo wins, of course. >What is going to change install or Cygwin1.dll? When I refer to cygwin, I mean the DLL. >P.S.: What is cygwin@hotpop.com? No idea. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com