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Re: *.COM file execution
- To: noer at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: *.COM file execution
- From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <vzell at de dot oracle dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 16:47:08 +0200
- CC: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
Hi
>> The necessary support in Cygwin32 is fixed in the development
>> sources / next major release:
>> * spawn.cc (perhaps_suffix): If report_failure_p is
>> non-zero this function will search for (PROG is the pathname to
>> the executable file) PROG.exe, PROG, PROG.com, PROG.bat, and
>> PROG.cmd and return either the full path name if found or NULL
>> if not. (spawn_guts): If the file name of the executable end
>> in either .exe, .com, .bat, or .cmd we assume that it is not a
>> script file and therefore do not open the file to determine if
>> it is.
Is it possible to include the .btm extension for the 4NT command
interpreter fans. Here the description of a btm file from the
online-help of the 4NT command interpreter:
BTM File: A special type of 4NT batch file which is loaded into memory to speed up execution.
Thanks and Ciao
Volker
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