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From:	"Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: Data streams being treated as files in Cygwin
Date:	Thu, 11 May 2006 16:07:12 +0100
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On 11 May 2006 16:00, Igor Peshansky wrote:

> On Thu, 11 May 2006, Dave Korn wrote:

>>   Cygwin's file handling relies on the underlying facilities of the
>> Windows O/S, for the most part.
> 
> Yes, and that leads to some funny behavior -- see below.

> Interestingly enough:
> 
> $ echo "BLAH" > a:b
> bash: a:b: No such file or directory


  Perhaps you forgot to put a floppy in the drive?

  :-D


    cheers,
      DaveK
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