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From: "A. Wik (awik32 AT gmail DOT com) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 08:01:13 +0000
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Subject: Re: Symlinks with executable extensions (suffixes)
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On Sat, 15 Aug 2020 at 18:49, Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT gnu DOT org) [via
djgpp AT delorie DOT com] <djgpp AT delorie DOT com> wrote:>
> > From: "A. Wik (awik32 AT gmail DOT com) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> > Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:06:05 +0000
> >
> > What can I do about DJGPP-symlinks getting accidentally executed (eg.
> > by COMMAND.COM) as binary executables because they have .exe or .com
> > extensions?  It can easily hang the machine.
>
> Don't create symlinks with those extensions?

I don't do it deliberately.  They are created by eg. "make install".

> DJGPP already has an alternative mechanism for "links" to its
> executables (via 'stubedit'), which avoids this problem.  Would it
> solve the problem to use that alternative for links to executables?

Partially.  But then "ls" won't list them as links, right?

-aw