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-rw-r--r--doc/file.n4
-rwxr-xr-xwin/tclWinFile.c4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/file.n b/doc/file.n
index 36eae79..43eae7a 100644
--- a/doc/file.n
+++ b/doc/file.n
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ returns \fB/home\fR (or something similar).
\fBfile executable \fIname\fR
.
Returns \fB1\fR if file \fIname\fR is executable by the current user,
-\fB0\fR otherwise.
+\fB0\fR otherwise. On Windows, which does not have an executable attribute,
+the command treats all directories and any files with extensions
+\fBexe\fR, \fBcom\fR, \fBcmd\fR, \fBbat\fR or \fBps1\fR as executable.
.TP
\fBfile exists \fIname\fR
.
diff --git a/win/tclWinFile.c b/win/tclWinFile.c
index 41de4a8..e671058 100755
--- a/win/tclWinFile.c
+++ b/win/tclWinFile.c
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ NativeAccess(
* NativeIsExec --
*
* Determines if a path is executable. On windows this is simply defined
- * by whether the path ends in any of ".exe", ".com", or ".bat"
+ * by whether the path ends in a standard executable extension.
*
* Results:
* 1 = executable, 0 = not.
@@ -1834,6 +1834,8 @@ NativeIsExec(
if ((strcasecmp(p, "exe") == 0)
|| (strcasecmp(p, "com") == 0)
+ || (strcasecmp(p, "cmd") == 0)
+ || (strcasecmp(p, "ps1") == 0)
|| (strcasecmp(p, "bat") == 0)) {
/*
* File that ends with .exe, .com, or .bat is executable.