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Date:	Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:53:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject:	Re: bash and the delete key
To:	Jon LaBadie <jcyg AT jgcomp DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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--- Jon LaBadie <jcyg AT jgcomp DOT com> wrote:
> > For example:
> > 
> > # Aliases for Windows equivalents; see 'info fileutils' for differences
> > alias md='mkdir'
> > alias rd='rmdir'
> 
> ARRGH!
> 
> I use cygwin to make my brief as possible stay on windows acceptable.
> I don't see the need to institutionalize the use of windows syntax
> in a unix-like environment.

Well, it's totally up to the maintainer, of course. And, funny thing,
sf.net actually puts these in the default alias file. I don't think they're
running cygwin on win2k servers or anything.

> Next I guess you will want cd /bin to work without a space after cd
> like it does in windows.

Funny, I though that was up to the shell... hmmm, nope, my bash under 
windows doesn't work that way.

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