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From: pete AT horus DOT cix DOT co DOT uk (Pete Jordan)
Subject: Re: pathname conversion
26 Sep 1997 06:21:03 -0700 :
Message-ID: <memo.19970926135526.53743B.cygnus.gnu-win32@horus.cix.co.uk>
References: <342B3821 DOT 36B3 AT switch DOT rockwell DOT com>
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banders AT ECD DOT Rockwell DOT COM (banders) wrote:

> Chris Faylor wrote:
> > And, something like:
> >
> >         write /etc/passwd
>
> Doesn't seem to be a problem with the cygwin stuff since this was
> written by some non gnuwin32 developer. So you could patch write to use
> the path conversion utilities (everybody patches executables, don't
> they?).

<grin>

Either that, or use debash...

Pete Jordan ~ Horus Communications ~ http://www.horus.cix.co.uk/

"Ninevah, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand
 persons that know not how to distinguish their right hand from their
 left, not to mention many camels." ~ /God/
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