Re: [PATCH] cmd: Allow starting native executables

[Alexandre Julliard]

Fabian Maurer  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.