Re: Post-commit script !!

On Friday 12 September 2008 09:36:55 Himanshu Raina wrote:
> Okay it might sound stupid but why is that ? I mean why would giving an
> extension of .sh not make the script work?
>
> Thanks !!
> Himanshu Raina

Because on UNIX/Linux, file "extensions" don't mean a lot. The operating
system doesn't know about them. On DOS/Windows, the OS gives meaning to the
file extension thanks to design decisions about 28 years back: if you enter
"foo", DOS/Windows searches first for "foo.com", "foo.exe" and "foo.bat" (not
sure about the order). To DOS/Windows, the "." is/was special in a filename.
But for UNIX the "." is just another character like any other, and this is why
the additional ".sh" makes a difference here.
Bye,
        Marc

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