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RE: 1.3.4: Filenames ending with a dot
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- Subject: RE: 1.3.4: Filenames ending with a dot
- From: "Tony Arnold" <tony dot arnold at man dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:39:50 -0000
Kandziora,
> there may be a problem with cygwin's handling of filenames: Files with any
> number of dots at the end are referred to be the same with no dots at the
> end at all. E.g.
>
> echo Hello >a
> echo World >a....
I think its a Windows problem. Try the same thing from a command prompt window
(aka DOS box) and you get the same result!
Regards,
Tony.
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