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Re: No such file, but it's right there
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>,"Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz at cris dot com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:35:57 -0000
- Subject: Re: No such file, but it's right there
- References: <1037497099.24907.ezmlm@cygwin.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20021117161546.00fd6b08@pop3.cris.com>
Randall R Schulz <rrschulz@cris.com> wrote:
> Cygwin follows the Windows convention of using file file name suffix
> ".exe" for its binary executable files. While Cygwin will locate and
> execute files files given only the base name (sans suffix), other
> uses ("cat," "less," or more apropos "nm," "size" or "file") demand
> the full file name, including the ".exe" suffix.
Actually, the significant point seems to be that the files are being
accessed via a mount with no underlying directory.
Max.
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