From: csrabak AT dce03 DOT ipt DOT br (Cesar Scarpini Rabak)
Subject: Re: Default linker output filename
6 Nov 1996 05:42:25 -0800
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At 14:53 04/11/96 -0800, Geoffrey Noer wrote:
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>Well, I've done some testing and Win95 in the command prompt won't
>recognize a.out.exe as a valid executable when I type ".\a.out".
>
>Since the only reason to change the default exec name is for Win 95
>compatibility, a.out.exe is out as an option I think.
>
>Time to find out just how many configury things break with "a.exe"
>I think...

How about to make a link from a.out to a.exe? Maybe even the "shortcut"
mechanism of Win95 be enough?

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>Geoffrey Noer
>noer AT cygnus DOT com
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