Subject: Problem with symbolic links in b18
From: [email-masked] (David Gasul)

4 Feb 1998 04:47:09 -0800
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Hi,

Here's a problem I encountered with symbolic links:

1. Assume you have a DOS executable in directory c:\xxx called yyy.exe.
2. Assume bash is run from directory c:\zzz.
3. Enter bash
4. Do "ln -s c:\xxx\yyy.exe yyy.exe".
5. Verify that there's a file "yyy.exe" in c:\zzz.
6. Run yyy.exe from bash - everything works fine.
7. Now exit bash.
8. Run yyy.exe. You get a window telling you that the program has =
performed an illegal operation.
    Opening the details button says that the program tried to execute an =
illegal instruction=20
    at 1F00:8AC3.

Cheers,
Dave

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Here's a problem I encountered with symbolic=20
links:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>1. Assume you have a DOS executable in directory =
c:\xxx called=20
yyy.exe.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>2. Assume bash is run from directory=20
c:\zzz.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>3. Enter bash</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>4. Do &quot;ln -s c:\xxx\yyy.exe=20
yyy.exe&quot;.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>5. Verify that there's a file &quot;yyy.exe&quot; in =

c:\zzz.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>6. Run yyy.exe from bash - everything works=20
fine.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>7. Now exit bash.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>8. Run yyy.exe. You get a window telling you that =
the program=20
has performed an illegal operation.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opening the details button says =
that <FONT=20
color=3D#000000>the program tried to execute an illegal instruction=20
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#000000></FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at=20
1F00:8AC3.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dave</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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