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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 06:39:23 -0400
From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: <crlf> vs <lf> and use of diff
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Peter S Tillier wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CBFalconer" <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 4:01 AM
> Subject: Re: <crlf> vs <lf> and use of diff
> 
> [...]
> > BTW attacking this has shown up a couple of Cygwin glitches. 
> > bash won't run a MSDOS .com file, even though it is in the path.
> 
> You need to include the extensions for .com or .bat files to get
> them to run under bash - .exe is OK.  See the User Guide section
> on Special Names.

Thanks.  I discovered that on re-reading the UG yesterday.  What
is the philosophy of that decision?

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