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


On Jun 13 12:09, Volker Quetschke wrote:
> 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?

Dunno why it prints cmd.exe but by design (minus flaws) tcsh only
starts applications given w/o path if the application is in the
internal hash table.  The internal hash table stores the application
names w/o .exe suffix.

If you need something different: http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC.


Corinna

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