On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Mark Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Then it works on Linux, but fails on Windows because it does not >>> perform the Windows %PATHEXT% search that allows it to find that >>> "svn.exe" is the actual executable to be invoked. >> >> I can't reproduce this as described. > > Which Windows version? This sounds like one of those things that could > well vary by Windows version; if it works for you in Vista it may well > be broken in XP. It could also vary by other setup parameters besides > PATHEXT.
When passing the executable name to CreateProcess via the lpCommandLine parameter, PATH is considered but PATHEXT is ignored. The only extension that's automatically appended is ".exe", and only if no other extension is present. This has been true for as long as I can remember. I've found the documentation for CreateProcess (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425.aspx) to be pretty reliable. And the mention of a ".com" in the docs suggests that the description has been around for a while... -- Curt Hagenlocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
