From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Earnie Boyd To: Chris Faylor , "cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com" Subject: Re: No such file or directory Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 05:56:00 -0000 Message-id: <20000327135531.13723.qmail@web109.yahoomail.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-03/msg00618.html --- Chris Faylor wrote: > On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 10:40:13PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) > wrote: > >Looks to me like your big problem is the install program which assumes the > >UNIX convention of executables without extensions (.exe). It looks for > >remind and not remind.exe, which is what exists. > > I wonder if it would really be a big deal if cygwin, by default, found a > file "foo.exe" if there was no existing file "foo". > > We keep running into this problem and I wonder if implementing this in > cygwin would solve more problems than it causes. > What a concept Chris! ;^) It sounds like an awesome task. What happens if foo and foo.exe exists? What is going to change install or Cygwin1.dll? Regards, Earnie P.S.: What is cygwin@hotpop.com? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com