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Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 20:23:55 -0400
To: Yu Wang <xianbird_cygwin AT yahoo DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Question about Running GNU Utilities on Windows XP
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At 03:53 PM 10/5/2002, Yu Wang wrote:
>Hi,
>
>We are running into a problem using the GNU utilities,
>(specifically TAIL.EXE) on Windows XP when we run them
>against names that are not in the 8.3 format.
>
>For example:
>The command: tail paratestdatalog.out
>   produces a 'No file or directory' error
>
>The command: tail paratestdatalog.gold
>      produces a 'No file or directory' error 
>
>The command: tail parate~1.gold 
>  produces a 'No file or directory' error
>
>The command: tail parate~1.out 
>   works
>
>Is there is an update or do we need to recompile or
>something?


I suspect you're using a non-Cygwin tail.  I don't see the problem here.
Please double-check this and let us know.





Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
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