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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:05:39 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: ash 20020731-3 and/or cygwin 1.5.2 directory vs. executable problem
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:06:13PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> ash 20020731-3 and/or cygwin 1.5.2 gets confused by a directory and an
> executable of the "same" name:
> 
>     $ mkdir ls
>     $ cp /usr/bin/ls.exe .
>     $ sh -c ./ls
>     ./ls: not found
> 
> Note this works under (the 32-bit) ash 20020731-1 and cygwin 1.5.2:
> 
>     $ sh -c ./ls
>     ls  ls.exe
> 
> Since the source of ash 20020731-1 seems identical to ash 20020731-3,
> this seems to indicate a build and/or cygwin problem...

It's a situation which is determined by coincidence...

Corinna

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