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Date:	Fri, 17 Nov 2000 18:42:41 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
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To:	cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Not finding hidden files in root directory
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"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote:
> 
> Looks like a general problem, although I'm not sure exactly where its from.
> Try:
> 
> cd /
> touch .a
> 
> and you'll see what I mean.  But:
> 
> cd ~
> touch /.a
> 
> works fine.  ls -a / works without complaint as well.

Yep. Seems to be an error in the path conversion routines. I'm just
investigating...

Corinna

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