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Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 14:27:50 -0400
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On 5/21/2009 2:16 PM, Thrall, Bryan wrote:
> It's likely that those files *ARE* symlinks; under Cygwin 1.7, symlinks
> are implemented as normal files

Yes, that was my point.  They are cygwin symlinks, but he's examining 
them in an environment that doesn't recognize them as such.  Look at his 
directory listing:

> -rwxrwxrwx   1 emagiro  ath          104 May 21 13:57 .#singlebuildweb.pl

Ken

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