Hi Darin.

24-May-03 21:17:54, Darin McBride wrote to Neil Heller

 NH>> One question, though.  Is there any presumed extension (like
 NH>> "EXE", "COM", etc.) that's presumed and
doesn't have to be typed
 NH>> when executing  the program?  If not, need the full filename be
 NH>> typed at the command  line every time when launching an app?

 DM> No.  Unix executables generally do not have extentions.  Using EXE
 DM> or COM or BAT or other such nonsense was a Microsoft hack when
 DM> they removed the extra attributes that unix files get

they never removed that stuff  the BAT/COM/EXE stuff and "8.3" is a legacy
of the CP/M style of the origihal ms-dos. the unix-like stuff
(subdirectories, join etc...) didn't become part of dos until version 2
(join which was somewhat like the unix mount command has since been
dropped)

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