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From: "Nellis, Kenneth" <Kenneth.Nellis@conduent.com>
To: "Hans-Bernhard Bröker" <HBBroeker@t-online.de>,
	"cygwin@cygwin.com" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: distinguishing cygwin from mingw binaries
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:20:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BN6PR2001MB1074579FF21D72450213111BF1AE0@BN6PR2001MB1074.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c9972edc-e767-c692-ce3f-9d577ddfc130@t-online.de>

From: Hans-Bernhard Bröker
> That's a bit too rough.  Something like
> 
> 	cygcheck ./foo.exe  | grep cygwin1.dll
> or	ldd ./foo.exe | grep cygwin1.dll
> 
> would be more precise.

Appreciate the improved tests. Thanx!

> > One of my wishes for Cygwin is for the "file" command to make the
> distinction.
> 
> Well, SHTDI. IOW: please don't feel as if anybody were keeping you from
> constructing a 'file' rule that achieves that, and offering it to the
> public.  ;-)

Of course. Just expressing a wish in case someone with more know-how
than I has their interest piqued by the idea.

--Ken Nellis

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  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-11 14:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-10 17:40 Nellis, Kenneth
2017-07-10 19:01 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
2017-07-11 14:20   ` Nellis, Kenneth [this message]
2017-07-11 14:37 ` cyg Simple
2017-07-10 18:01 Kaz Kylheku
2017-07-11 14:43 ` cyg Simple

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