Re: new tcsh 6.10.3 bug (regression)

[Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 11:58:28PM -0400, Georges, Chris wrote:
> 
> There is a new cygwin-specific bug that was introduced in tcsh between
> versions 6.09 and the current 6.10.3. I'm hoping whoever made those changes
> is on this list and can take a look at this issue.  The problem is that tcsh
> no longer recognizes any *.EXE file on the path as executable, unless its
> name is all lower case letters.  Typing 'cl' if CL.EXE is on the path
> results in 'Command not found'.  The same thing occurs if you type 'CL' or
> 'CL.EXE'.  If you run tcsh 6.09 (on cygwin 1.3.2), typing 'cl' will run the
> 'CL.EXE' that is on the path.  At the very least, tcsh should respond to
> providing the full executable name in capitals, and it would be convenient
> if it was case-insensitive like the win2k cmd shells are and like what it
> did in 6.09.

I wouldn't name that as a bug.  However, I'm looking into that issue.

Corinna

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