bash problem b17.1 under Windows NT 4/NTFS

[David Shochat]

Jim Balter wrote:
> 
> Mark Levine wrote:
> >
> > I am running b17.1 under Windows NT 4.0.
> >
> > The following command sequence when run under bash fails when running on an
> > NTFS file system:
> >
> >         % cat >foo <<EOF
> >         > aaa
> >         > bbb
> >         > EOF
> >         bash.exe: 49069028: No such file or directory
> >
> > The file foo is created but it is empty, the number in the error messages
> > sometimes is different, last few digits change.
> >
> > The above works fine on a FAT file system partition.
> >
> > As a result of this problem I can not build any of the GNU software from
> > source because the configure script will fail because of this problem.
> 
> The FAQ! The FAQ!  I haven't read the FAQ!  No time to waste, I must
> make haste, no time to read the FAQ!
> 
> In other words, mkdir /tmp
> 
Although this is certainly a question which is asked and answered
frequently, I just went looking for it in the FAQ and can't find it
there. Maybe it's hiding in the answer to some other question?
-- David
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