Re: tcsh doesn't find commands that end with .exe

[Volker Quetschke <quetschke at scytek dot de>]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > I have the following problem with tcsh:
> >
> > tcsh doesn't find the program if the .exe extension is given.  whoami is
> > only an example, this also happens to other programs.
> >
> > [quetschke@Macros ~]$ which whoami
> > /usr/bin/whoami
> > [quetschke@Macros ~]$ which whoami.exe
> > whoami.exe: Command not found.
> > [quetschke@Macros ~]$ whoami
> > quetschke
> > [quetschke@Macros ~]$ whoami.exe
> > whoami.exe: Command not found.
> > [quetschke@Macros ~]$ /bin/which whoami.exe
> > /usr/bin/whoami.exe
>
> That's by design.
You mean the grand design that leads earth and all its inhabitants
to eternal bliss?

And if so, it seems to have a flaw:

[quetschke@Macros ~]$ which cmd.exe
/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe
[quetschke@Macros ~]$ which cmd
/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32/cmd

Care to elaborate where the difference comes from?

Why should I not be allowed to start a program with it's
real name? And why does it work sometimes?

Volker

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