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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:39:39 EST
To: Steve DOT Coleman AT jhuapl DOT edu, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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In a message dated 2/12/99 3:09:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
Steve DOT Coleman AT jhuapl DOT edu writes:

<< I used to be able to do "ls //D/" to get a listing of my D: drive but
 this no longer works. >>
The version I'm using works with "ls d:"  Similarly, "mv d:somefile
c:somefile"  
As you point out, the change breaks a number of procedures; I've been getting
along with it because vfork works so much better on W95 than in the earlier
versions.