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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:38:08 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: What is aux???!
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On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 03:52:35PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Colin JN Breame wrote:
>
>> Try this:
>>
>> $ mkdir aux
>> mkdir: `aux' exists but is not a directory
>>
>> $ cat aux
>> (hangs)
>>
>> $ ./aux
>  ^^^^^^^
>Given the subject, I especially like this one... :-)

It seems like this aux has gored a number of people on the cygwin
list over the years...

cgf

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