from L.D. Best:
>According to F-6, the file name is majority.bat with not extensions
>beyond that.
>It is NOT a text file; it is an executable of some sort ... binary
>except for a few words here and there... including "this program cannot
>be run in DOS mode" or words to that effect.
Windows recognizes more filename extensions as executable than does DOS, such
as .pif and .scr. Can a file in Windows .EXE format have a name ending in .BAT
and still be recognized as an .EXE? I could ask the same question regarding
DOS, since I never tried to run a file whose name ended in .BAT when it was
really a .COM or .EXE.
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 23:24:28 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:42:11 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
>> Anyone heard of it? I got it in the mail today. It does not run in DOS
>> mode, or so it says. It does apparently mess with registers and other
>> stuff.
>> I'll be forwarding it to my chief techie.
>> l.d.
> Is that really the *complete* file name, "majority.bat", and is it
> really just a text file that one who understands advanced batch
> programs involving Windows stuff may just examine in an ascii file
> viewer to figure out what it is supposed to do?
> Sam Heywood
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