very odd behavior of Cygwin python from CMD

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 03/03/2007, David Abrahams wrote:
> Brian Dessent <brian <at> dessent <dot> net> writes: 
> > > and if so, launch it as "sh.exe -c python", using sh.exe in the same
> > > dir as the shortcut.  This will invoke python through the shell,
> > > which will follow symlinks.
> 
> Ja; except that that begs the question -- sh.exe could be a symlink,
> as it often is to bash.  In fact it isn't even important for me to
> invoke python in that case; I just need to detect it and avoid it.

No, 'sh.exe' won't be a symlink unless someone has made it so.  'setup.exe'
creates 'sh.exe' as a copy for exactly the reasons you found.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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