Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla

[Robert Collins]

On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 17:58 -0500, Adrian Irving-Beer wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:22:57AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> > It has an X bit. And the system can run any arbitrarily named file.
> 
> So are executables given an .exe extension so you can run them
> outside Cygwin? 

Yes, and for consistency : cygwin doesn't try to make windows into unix,
just to bring unix tools and capabilities to windows.

>  Or is this a historical Win95 issue (which didn't
> have ACLs, IIRC)?

Right, FAT has no acls. Indeed, win95 doesn't even have an isolated
kernel.

Rob

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