Message-ID: <419D2329.7070000@arbash-meinel.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:33:13 -0600
From: John A Meinel <john@arbash-meinel.com>
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Robert Collins <rbcollins@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla
References: <419ABADB.5020506@arbash-meinel.com>	
	<slrncpmsrq.68v.mark@localhost.localdomain>	
	<419B7885.9030903@arbash-meinel.com>	
	<20041118064240.7a57bf81.erikd-tla@mega-nerd.com>	
	<sa4lld05dmh.fsf@snoopy.apana.org.au>	
	<20041118103925.5b32b707.erikd-tla@mega-nerd.com>	
	<419BEB98.3030207@arbash-meinel.com>	
	<20041118173352.613955dc.erikd-tla@mega-nerd.com>	
	<419CCC40.9090200@arbash-meinel.com>
	<419D0E01.9070904@arbash-meinel.com>	
	<20041118214019.GH3484@wisq.net>
	<419D1B34.2030405@arbash-meinel.com>
	<1100816577.7038.49.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <1100816577.7038.49.camel@localhost>
Cc: Arch Users <gnu-arch-users@gnu.org>,
        Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd-tla@mega-nerd.com>,
        Adrian Irving-Beer <wisq-archlist@wisq.net>
Precedence: list
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0311303550=="
Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org
Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org
Status: RO
Content-Length: 2549
Lines: 77
This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156)
--===============0311303550==
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature";
	boundary="------------enigE5E7DA089CF9413D03F40320"

This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156)
--------------enigE5E7DA089CF9413D03F40320
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Robert Collins wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 15:59 -0600, John A Meinel wrote:
> 
>>>Does Windows literally only run files with a .exe extension?  I haven't
>>>used Cygwin or Windows in years.
>>
>>Windows will only run files with a .exe, .com, .bat, maybe a couple 
>>more. Windows determines what is executable from the extension (it has 
>>no X bit)
> 
> 
> It has an X bit. And the system can run any arbitrarily named file.
> However.. the shells both UI and command line use a registry of file
> extensions to choose an interpreter, rather than a hashbang and file
> magic.
> 
> Rob

Can you mark a .exe as non-executable? I understand that you have a 
registry of associations, but I don't think you can mark a file 
executable without an associated registry entry, or mark it 
non-executable with one. (Hence no X bit, just a global is associated, 
is not associated.)

I could be wrong, and ACL's might have something about whether or not 
this item can be executed by a person. I know they have read/write. But 
I certainly don't think you can say "double clicking this file will not 
run word, but opening word and opening this file will work". I'm not 
sure about .exe/com/bat etc.

John
=:->

--------------enigE5E7DA089CF9413D03F40320
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc"

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Cygwin)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFBnSMpJdeBCYSNAAMRAqpqAJ9Sq04/IYR/FHVASrOnOvgffORsagCfcmsj
0KTcmcJZM4evIcnfmCp//JQ=
=lWFi
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--------------enigE5E7DA089CF9413D03F40320--


--===============0311303550==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
Gnu-arch-users mailing list
Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users

GNU arch home page:
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/
--===============0311303550==--