* cygwinenv.sgml: Explain transparent_exe option.

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2006-02-05 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* cygwinenv.sgml: Explain transparent_exe option.
2006-02-01 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* faq-setup.xml (faq.setup.what-packages):

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nostrip_title</literal>.</para>
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<para><envar>(no)transparent_exe</envar> - EXPERIMENTAL. Only use this
option if you're confident to be able to live with the consequences. If
set, several additional functions in Cygwin will handle files with .exe
suffix transparently. These functions are <function>link(2)</function>,
<function>open(2)</function>, <function>rename(2)</function>,
<function>symlink(2)</function>, <function>unlink(2)</function>,
<function>pathconf(3)</function>. So far, these functions have been
treated as too dangerous to act on files with .exe suffix if the .exe
suffix wasn't given explicitely in the file name argument, and this is
still the case if the transparent_exe option is not set. Default is not
set.
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<para><envar>(no)traverse</envar> - This option only affects NT systems.
If set, Cygwin handles file permissions so that the parent directories'
permissions are checked, as it's default on POSIX systems. If not set,