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From: Rolf Campbell <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problem in executable file mechanism
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:54:56 -0400
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luke DOT kendall AT cisra DOT canon DOT com DOT au wrote:
> On 15 Apr, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.) wrote:
>> Hm.  I tried a quick check here on 1.3.22 and couldn't reproduce this. 
>> Can you put together a small test that demonstrates this and/or provide 
>> the output from strace? 
> Well, <long pause here> ... that was a lot harder than I expected!
> 
> It turns out the problem *only* manifests if the executable and
> directory are in the same directory.  Sorry, I had convinced myself
> otherwise before.
> 
> Here's how to reproduce:
> 
> 	mkdir /usr/bin/ls
> 	hash -r
> 	ls
> 
> Sorry.  Cygwin 1.3.15, Windows XP (and others); my cygcheck.out is
> attached.

I was able to reproduce using 1.3.22 (Win2000).



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