[PATCH] cmd: Allow starting native executables

Alexandre Julliard julliard at winehq.org
Thu Mar 7 12:13:51 CST 2019


Fabian Maurer <dark.shadow4 at web.de> writes:

> Note that this is obviously different from what windows cmd
> does, but Wine has a different situation.
> Running native binaries without 'start' is pretty useful, IMHO.
>
> We check for a magic signature to avoid regressions in case
> there is a file without the extension that's not a native
> executable.

It shouldn't be necessary for cmd.exe to know about executable formats.
Files without extension can already be handled with the PATHEXT
mechanism.

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Alexandre Julliard
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