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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 09:02:18 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Status on issue with PATH ignoring scripts with same name as exes in 1.3.1?
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In-Reply-To: <2C08D4EECBDED41184BB00D0B747334202FB437B@exchanger.cacheflow.com>; from david.karr@cacheflow.com on Mon, May 07, 2001 at 05:17:47PM -0700

On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 05:17:47PM -0700, Karr, David wrote:
>I haven't reexamined this issue in several days.  I have "wrapper" scripts
>with the same name as exes later in the path.  This worked fine in 1.1.8,
>but now that I'm trying to use 1.3.1, it doesn't work anymore.  When the
>shell does a PATH search, it ignores the script and just uses the exe.  I'm
>just looking for some information on this.  I can downgrade my cygwin1.dll
>to 1.1.8 for now.

Corinna's recent bash upgrade may fix this.

cgf

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