X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <31b7d2790704171422i164d4583sfde9c0a4609f9781@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:22:12 -0500 From: "DePriest, Jason R." To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ln -s exe magic (coreutils 6.7-2) In-Reply-To: <9909394.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <011701c73f43$3d07d270$3e0010ac@wirelessworld.airvananet.com> <20070124043651.GF25379@ns1.anodized.com> <20070124094810.GN27843@calimero.vinschen.de> <45B76311.1000009@byu.net> <20070124143821.GQ27843@calimero.vinschen.de> <461A3A14.8090702@byu.net> <461A91B1.2984D418@dessent.net> <9909394.post@talk.nabble.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 4/9/07, Eric Blake wrote: [ cut out lots of useful information to save space ] Will your proposed changes in coreutils fix the following problem I just discovered today? Create a symbolic link ln -s /usr/bin/foo /foo where /usr/bin/foo is really usr/bin/foo.exe ls -l /foo returns foo -> /usr/bin/foo.exe rm /foo fails with No such file or directory ls -l / returns whatever else is in the directory plus foo.exe -> /usr/bin/foo.exe rm /foo.exe works fine So I was baffled that the .exe was required since at no point in my link creating process did I reference a .exe on the end of the files. $ cygcheck -c coreutils Cygwin Package Information Package Version Status coreutils 6.7-2 OK I will include the entire cygcheck -s -v -r if you need it. -Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/