1.7.9: stat --append-exe option is ineffective (coreutils-8.10-1)

Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com
Fri Oct 28 01:46:00 GMT 2011


On 10/01/2011 05:58 PM, GV wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The cygwin-specific `--append-exe' option (announced here [1]) is
> ineffective for stat command (it works fine for ls).
>
> Here is a simple test case to reproduce the problem.
>
> This command should print "bash.exe":
> $ (cd /bin && /usr/bin/stat -t --append-exe bash | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
> bash

Thanks for pointing this out - I just noticed it, and it's a good thing 
that I caught it before shipping 8.14-1.

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