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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:36:07 +0400
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@freemail.ru>
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To: Rolf Campbell <rcampbell-cygwin@dragonwaveinc.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: 1.7.7 ln & .exe magic
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Greetings, Rolf Campbell!

> --------test case-------
>  From bash, in an empty directory:
> $ ln /bin/ls t
> $ ls
> t.exe
> ------------------------
> Why does the resulting hard link have a '.exe' suffix on it?  I thought 
> that cygwin .exe magic was only appending when listing a file?

It's quite expected.
If source has .exe, the target will, too, for transparent compatibility.


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 Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 15.09.2010, <21:35>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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