Request for Patchreview

André Hentschel nerv at dawncrow.de
Tue Jun 16 09:57:03 CDT 2009


Dmitry Timoshkov schrieb:
> "André Hentschel" <nerv at dawncrow.de> wrote:
> 
>> Fair enough.  We tend to mimic Windows behavior.  I hadn't checked
>> this myself.  Note that it still should be Install*.exe rather than
>> Instal*.exe, at least in English.
>> --Juan
>>
>> My tests worked with Instal*.exe files on english Windows, too.
>> I bet it is because of the instal~1.exe writing. (8.3 and 6##.3)
> 
> There is no such a thing as '6##.3' file names under Windows.
> '~1' is just a part of short file name, and a long file name
> should still match the 'Install*.exe' wildcard.
> 

Please believe me, on W2K you can rename some file to instalWine.exe and it will be displayed as Installer.
so it must bei something like instal*.exe
I must admit, the upper case version Instal*.exe is because i am german. Will change this.



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