From: roubert AT df DOT lth DOT se (Fredrik Roubert)
Subject: Re: Default linker output filename
25 Nov 1996 09:48:05 -0800
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On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, Cesar Scarpini Rabak wrote:

> >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...
>=20
> How about to make a link from a.out to a.exe? Maybe even the "shortcut"
> mechanism of Win95 be enough?

Can't you just set up Windows 95 to recognize .out as an executable file
extension? (Windows 3.1 can do this.)

// Fredrik Roubert

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