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Greetings, Christopher Faylor!

>>[snip...]
>>> As AT dstar ~
>>> $ ln -s `which cmd.exe` cmd.exe
>>>
>>> As AT dstar ~
>>> $ cygcheck ./cmd.exe
>>>   ->  D:\OTHERBIN\cygwin\cygdrive\d\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
>>> cygcheck: could not find './cmd.exe'
>>
>>cygcheck is not a cygwin application, it's a native windows application, 
>>so it does not know how to resolve unix paths.

> Sure it does:

Not to mention, the Windows itself don't see much of a difference between "/"
and "\" in path. (where it see, it is a bug).


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 Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 21.10.2010, <6:45>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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