1.7.7 ln & .exe magic

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Rolf Campbell!

> --------test case-------
>  From bash, in an empty directory:
> $ ln /bin/ls t
> $ ls
> t.exe
> ------------------------
> Why does the resulting hard link have a '.exe' suffix on it?  I thought 
> that cygwin .exe magic was only appending when listing a file?

It's quite expected.
If source has .exe, the target will, too, for transparent compatibility.


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WBR,
 Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 15.09.2010, <21:35>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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