Charles Wilson wrote:
> It depends on which version of 'file' you are using. On cygwin-1.7, the
> current version of file:
>
> $ file -version
> file-5.00
>
> reports ASCII text.
>
> On cygwin-1.5, the current version of file
>
> $ file -version
> file-4.21
>
> reports ASCII troff.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that upstream has a slightly odd
attitude towards backward compatibility?
*executable*) # but shell scripts are "executable" too...
case $win32_fileres in
*MS\ Windows\ PE\ Intel*)
win32_libid_type="x86 DLL"
;;
esac
$ file /bin/cyggcc_s-1.dll
/bin/cyggcc_s-1.dll: PE32 executable for MS Windows (DLL) (console) Intel
80386 32-bit
~ $ file /bin/cyggcc_s-1.dll
/bin/cyggcc_s-1.dll: MS-DOS executable PE for MS Windows (DLL) (console)
Intel 80386 32-bit
@_______. .
( /"\
||--||(___)
'" '"'---'
~ $
cheers,
DaveK
