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Subject:	1.7.7 ln & .exe magic
Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:03:36 -0400
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--------test case-------
 From bash, in an empty directory:
$ ln /bin/ls t
$ ls
t.exe
------------------------
Why does the resulting hard link have a '.exe' suffix on it?  I thought 
that cygwin .exe magic was only appending when listing a file?


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