From: cyg Simple <cygsimple@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: cygpath -w and .exe magic
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:50:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e2f60b0b-61e6-6cd4-35bd-ac534d0a256c@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A704BB926D2@USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net>
On 8/26/2016 10:58 AM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> $ cmd /c DIR $(cygpath -w hello)
But
$ cmd /c $(cygpath -w hello)
will execute hello.exe
The fact that you get file not found error tells me that cmd is doing
what it does. The purpose of the .exe magic is for executing the file
from the Cygwin shell. My opinion is that we shouldn't rely on the .exe
magic; there are hidden dangers and some use those dangers to a benefit.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-26 17:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-26 13:59 Nellis, Kenneth
2016-08-26 14:30 ` Lee Dilkie
2016-08-26 14:30 ` Herbert Stocker
2016-08-26 14:58 ` Nellis, Kenneth
2016-08-26 15:07 ` cyg Simple
2016-08-26 15:34 ` Nellis, Kenneth
2016-08-26 17:55 ` Erik Soderquist
2016-08-26 19:50 ` cyg Simple [this message]
2016-08-26 14:45 ` cyg Simple
2016-08-26 15:29 ` Doug Henderson
2016-08-26 16:50 ` Herbert Stocker
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