interesting problem with "find"
raf
raf@comdyn.com.au
Wed Nov 12 15:49:00 GMT 1997
>Since Windows does not support the concept of an inode, cygwin has to
>create its own. It bases the inode on the name of the file. So, if you
>have two directories with the same name, they'll have the same inode.
>When rm -r sees these two (different) directories with the same inode,
>it complains.
>Currently, the only workaround is to delete the lower level subdirectories
>by hand. Sorry.
or change the inode calculation to be based
on the full path rather than the filename.
raf
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