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well. c: is binary

here a bug.
cygpath -M c:/foo returns

 >> cygpath: file 'c:/foo' - No error

looking at CVS code and strace, flags are set to zero instead of 0xa; the 
file is nor binary nor text


>Correct.  There's really no need for more discussion about this.  This 
>behavior
>has been in place for years.  It's time the documentation was changed to
>reflect it.
>
>cgf
>
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