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On 08/27/2009 12:43 PM, Dexter_Michael wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> I think you hit the nail on the head.  Apparently yesterday when I
> entered the path /usr/bin/perl somewhere, Cygwin decided to create a
> perl directory and automatically put profile files into the directory it
> created.

Ah, of course.  This came from putting '/usr/bin/perl' as your home
directory for your user in '/etc/passwd'.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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