Re: Link or rename wcmd.exe to cmd.exe?

[Neal Gompa]

Forwarded because accidently did not add wine-devel to it. Also, noting that
this is about Wine, not ReactOS. But both still apply.

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From: Neal Gompa 
Date: Jul 10, 2006 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: Link or rename wcmd.exe to cmd.exe?
To: Thomas Kho

Most applications I know of will check not for cmd.exe, but for command.com.
I believe Windows uses a stub command.com to open up cmd.com with more
limited capabilities. I believe we need both cmd.exe and command.com on
ReactOS, in order to ensure compatibility. However, the state of
wcmd.exemakes me think that it is not quite ready for regular usage.
As such, I
think you should just add a stub command.com that forwards everything to
wcmd.exe, and nearly all Windows apps that have commandline dependencies
(MikTeX comes in mind) use command.com, not cmd.exe. Just my 2¢.

On 7/6/06, Thomas Kho  wrote:
> On 7/1/06, Alexandre Julliard  wrote:
> > "Thomas Kho"  writes:
> > > I'm currently looking into what would be required for something like a
> > > symlink to wcmd.exe, but at the same time I'm wondering the historical
> > > reasons for choosing 'wcmd' and if it should be changed to just 'cmd'.
> >
> > Yes, I think it should be renamed to cmd.exe, at this point it's
> > supposed to be a complete replacement.
>
> It's a ~500k patch to rename programs/wcmd to programs/cmd so I want
> to get this as right as possible prior to submitting a patch. How much
> of wcmd's identity should remain? That is--should it be a wholesale
> s/wcmd/cmd or should wcmd keep the name wcmd with just the executable
> name changed?
>
> Thomas Kho