Peter S Tillier wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CBFalconer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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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