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Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 18:31:15 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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	(message from John Wiersba on Mon, 17 Apr 2000 18:20:48 -0400)
Subject: Re: 3 bugs
References:  <03F4742D8225D21191EF00805FE62B9904B3F1C1 AT aa-msg-01 DOT medstat DOT com>


> I encounter a similar problem.  Apparently, files with a trailing "." are
> mapped to files without any extension.

It sounds like this is a "feature" of the Win32 file system, in that
it doesn't *quite* preserve the file name correctly.  If so, there's
not much we can do about it.  Except, perhaps, to MIME encode the
problem file names :-(

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