Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > help.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/help.c b/help.c > index 662349d..b41fa21 100644 > --- a/help.c > +++ b/help.c > @@ -103,10 +103,19 @@ static int is_executable(const char *name) > return 0; > > #if defined(WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) > + /* On Windows we cannot use the executable bit. The executable > + * state is determined by extension only. We do this first > + * because with virus scanners opening an executeable for > + * reading is potentially expensive. > + */ > + if (has_extension(name, ".exe")) > + return S_IXUSR; > + > #if defined(__CYGWIN__) > if ((st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) == 0) > #endif > -{ /* cannot trust the executable bit, peek into the file instead */ > +{ /* now that we know it does not have an executable extension, > + peek into the file instead */ > char buf[3] = { 0 }; > int n; > int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY); > @@ -114,8 +123,8 @@ if ((st.st_mode & S_IXUSR) == 0) > if (fd >= 0) { > n = read(fd, buf, 2); > if (n == 2) > - /* DOS executables start with "MZ" */ > - if (!strcmp(buf, "#!") || !strcmp(buf, "MZ")) > + /* look for a she-bang */ > + if (!strcmp(buf, "#!")) > st.st_mode |= S_IXUSR; > close(fd); > } Would it make sense to move this to compat/win32/, compat/cygwin.c, and compat/posix.c, each exporting is_executable(const char *path), so that we do not have to suffer the #ifdef mess? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html