Re: <crlf> vs <lf> and use of diff

[CBFalconer <cbfalconer at yahoo dot com>]

Peter S Tillier wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CBFalconer" <cbfalconer@yahoo.com>
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 4:01 AM
> Subject: Re: <crlf> vs <lf> and use of diff
> 
> [...]
> > BTW attacking this has shown up a couple of Cygwin glitches. 
> > bash won't run a MSDOS .com file, even though it is in the path.
> 
> You need to include the extensions for .com or .bat files to get
> them to run under bash - .exe is OK.  See the User Guide section
> on Special Names.

Thanks.  I discovered that on re-reading the UG yesterday.  What
is the philosophy of that decision?

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