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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 11:02:39 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: <crlf> vs <lf> and use of diff
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On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 06:39:23AM -0400, CBFalconer wrote:
>Peter S Tillier wrote:
>> [...]
>> > 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?

Same philosophy as always.  We're very consistent.

cgf

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