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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Tue, 2 May 2000 19:22:56 -0400
To:	cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: [RFC] Is that error mapping correct?
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In-Reply-To:	<200005022317.TAA23940@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 07:17:21PM -0400

On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 07:17:21PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> >	$ cat //foo/bar/baz
>> >	cat: //foo/bar/baz: No such device or address
>> >
>> >seems somewhat strange. Have I missed something, perhaps?
>> 
>> I don't know.  Is there some UNIX equivalent that we could use for
>> testing?  It is nice to differentiate between a non-existent file and a
>> non-existent host but I agree that the current error doesn't make much
>> sense.
>
>I unplugged my SGI's ethernet cable and tried to access a file on it
>from Linux (via nfs) and got EIO - "Input/output error".  I'm not sure
>if this is the same situation, though.

I tried to do a "rcp foweroqwer:/tmp/foo ." and got a "Host not found"
but that doesn't seem to be an errno.

cgf

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