From: Keith M. <kei...@us...> - 2012-02-02 21:50:44
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On 02/02/12 21:38, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> Because the Cygwin version used to create MSYS didn't consider .com >> when foo alone is typed. It only considered, foo and foo.exe. If >> both foo and foo.exe exist foo will have precedence over foo.exe. > > Hmm. Wouldn't it be good to fix this to have this precedence: > > foo > foo.com > foo.exe IMO no. The true .com executable file format really isn't relevant on modern windows systems. Abusing a legacy quirk from old days of MS-DOS surely isn't prudent. -- Regards, Keith. |