--- nm.c~	2002-08-27 04:42:56.000000000 +0530
+++ nm.c	2002-11-25 09:36:46.000000000 +0530
@@ -241,13 +241,17 @@
 static void
 usage (stream, status)
      FILE *stream;
      int status;
 {
   fprintf (stream, _("Usage: %s [option(s)] [file(s)]\n"), program_name);
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  fprintf (stream, _(" List symbols in [file(s)] (a.exe by default).\n"));
+#else
   fprintf (stream, _(" List symbols in [file(s)] (a.out by default).\n"));
+#endif
   fprintf (stream, _(" The options are:\n\
   -a, --debug-syms       Display debugger-only symbols\n\
   -A, --print-file-name  Print name of the input file before every symbol\n\
   -B                     Same as --format=bsd\n\
   -C, --demangle[=STYLE] Decode low-level symbol names into user-level names\n\
                           The STYLE, if specified, can be `auto' (the default),\n\
@@ -469,14 +473,18 @@
     }
 
   if (show_version)
     print_version ("nm");
 
   /* OK, all options now parsed.  If no filename specified, do a.out.  */
-  if (optind == argc)
-    return !display_file ("a.out");
+  if (optind == argc) 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  return !display_file ("a.exe");
+#else
+  return !display_file ("a.out");
+#endif
 
   retval = 0;
 
   if (argc - optind > 1)
     filename_per_file = 1;