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Fix inconsistencies in docs regarding fstab and executable file detection 

The inline list of mount options seemed redundant, so the paragraph now points
to the list below it.

List of executable extensions updated according to fhandler_disk_file.cc. List
of executable magic numbers updated according to path.h (has_exec_chars).

	* pathnames.xml: Fix inconsistencies in docs regarding fstab and
	executable file detection

Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
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David Macek 2015-04-18 23:25:15 +02:00 committed by Corinna Vinschen
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@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ see <xref linkend="cygdrive"></xref></para>
<para>The fourth field describes the mount options associated
with the filesystem. It is formatted as a comma separated list of
options. It contains at least the type of mount (binary or text) plus
any additional options appropriate to the filesystem type. Recognized
options are binary, text, nouser, user, exec, notexec, cygexec, nosuid,
posix=[0|1]. The meaning of the options is as follows.</para>
any additional options appropriate to the filesystem type. The list of
the options, including their meaning, follows.</para>
<screen>
acl - Cygwin uses the filesystem's access control lists (ACLs) to
@ -136,14 +135,14 @@ executability, this is not possible on filesystems which don't support
permissions at all (like FAT/FAT32), or if ACLs are ignored on filesystems
supporting them (see the aforementioned <literal>acl</literal> mount option).
In these cases, the following heuristic is used to evaluate if a file is
executable: 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.
executable: Files ending in certain extensions (.exe, .com, .lnk) are
assumed to be executable. Files whose first two characters are "#!", "MZ",
or ":\n" 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
overhead of opening each file to check for "magic" bytes. 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