On Apr 20 14:04, Bertalan Fodor wrote: > > >While this is a problem which could be "fixed" in some way in Cygwin, I'm > >nevertheless wondering how you want the ambiguity to be solved. If you > >type "etex" on the command line, do you want etex -> pdfetex.exe to be > >started or etex.exe? > > > I want etex -> pdfetex.exe (if etex exists, it should be used instead of > etex.exe)
There's a funny workaround which will result in a symlink which also is printed as a symlink in ls: $ CYGWIN=nowinsymlink ln -s ... > >Regardless how that's solved in Cygwin, it will > >work contrary to the expectations in 50% of the cases. > > > OK, I can see that, I just wanted to be sure about the nature of this. However, if you try to start "etex", Cygwin will nevertheless run etex.exe, not pdfetex.exe. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
