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On 2004年2月20日, Larry Hall wrote: [on changing the error message when cp can stat but not open a file due to .exe handling] > How about a patch instead of a request? ;-) Okay, attached. I've also attached a textutils patch to enact my earlier request that "cat > foo" create foo in the whatever mode Cygwin would usually want, rather than always using text mode. > OK, I'm just kiddin' you. ;-) Think about a 'cp' that transparently handles > '.exe' and a directory with 'foo' and 'foo.exe'. You need to be able to > copy both. 'install' is a special purpose utility. Many projects that > use it to install don't consider that executables may require extensions on > other platforms. So they're written to just install 'foo'. That causes > install failures. It makes sense to "relax" the rules here, since it > helps more than it hurts. The reverse is true for 'cp' and other general > purpose utilities. As for being *able* to copy both foo and foo.exe, the special .exe handling only occurs when *only* foo.exe exists. So you certainly can copy both. As for install failures, I first started thinking about cp's behavior due to a Makefile using cp rather than install. That said, I do suppose the danger is less this way. Hey, it might be interesting for managed mounts *really* to identify the filenames "foo" and "foo.exe". (Maybe they already do?) Robert
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