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Re: Problems with path resolution
----- Original Message -----
> >I say
> >
> >ls -l /cygdrive/f/foo
> >
> >and it lists it.
> >
> >I say
> >
> >file /cygdrive/f/foo
> >
> >and I get an error 'No such file or directory'
> >
> >foo is some binary file.
>
>
> So, the short answer is 'always add the .exe extension'.
>
Yup, that was it. thanks. 'ls' and 'which' for example will find the file without adding '.exe', but the 'file'
and 'nm' and few other commands will not.
Not consistant.
A very small price to pay for the benifit of using Unix under windows I guess :)
Nasser
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