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* pathnames.sgml: Move description for (cyg,not)exec mount options 

from utils.sgml here.  Clarify nouser mount points.
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2008-08-13 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* pathnames.sgml: Move description for (cyg,not)exec mount options
from utils.sgml here. Clarify nouser mount points.
2008-07-18 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* cygwinenv.sgml: Move binmode option to list of removed options.

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(default).
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<para>Normally, files ending in certain extensions (.exe, .com, .bat, .btm,
.cmd) are assumed to be executable. Files whose first two characters begin
with '#!' are also considered to be executable.
The <literal>exec</literal> option is used to instruct Cygwin that the
mounted file is "executable". If the <literal>exec</literal> option is used
with a directory then all files in the directory are executable.
This option allows other files to be marked as executable and avoids the
overhead of opening each file to check for a '#!'. The
<literal>cygexec</literal> option is very similar to <literal>exec</literal>,
but also prevents Cygwin from setting up commands and environment variables
for a normal Windows program, adding another small performance gain. The
opposite of these options is the <literal>notexec</literal> option, which
means that no files should be marked as executable under that mount point.
</para>
<para>Note that nouser mount points are not overridable by a later call
to mount(2). This is only possible for user mount points. Mount points
are by default nouser mount points, unless you specify the option user.
In contrast, all mount points in the user specific fstab file are user
mount points.</para>
to <command>mount</command>. This is only possible for user mount points.
Mount points given in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> are by default nouser
mount points, unless you specify the option user. In contrast, all mount
points in the user specific fstab file are user mount points.</para>
<para>The fifth and sixth field are ignored. They are
so far only specified to keep a Linux-like fstab file layout.</para>