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use $PATHEXT variable in cygwin to find file extensions when executing commands ..
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| # place this into /etc/profile.d/pathext_handler.sh | |
| command_not_found_handle() { | |
| res=127 | |
| cmd=$1 | |
| if [ ! -z "${PATHEXT-x}" ]; then | |
| cmd=$1 | |
| shift | |
| OIFS=$IFS | |
| IFS=';' | |
| for ext in ${PATHEXT}; do | |
| fullcmd=${cmd}${ext} | |
| which ${fullcmd} > /dev/null 2>&1 | |
| if [ $? == 0 ]; then | |
| $fullcmd $* | |
| res=$? | |
| IFS=$OIFS | |
| return $res | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| IFS=$OIFS | |
| fi | |
| echo -`basename $SHELL`: $cmd: command not found | |
| return $res | |
| } |
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do know that this is a hack and possibly even a security issue ..