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Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:23:47 -0600
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Updated: coreutils-5.3.0-6 [FAQ alert]
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According to Eric Blake on 5/27/2005 6:38 AM:
> A new release of coreutils, 5.3.0-6, is available.
> 
> This release changes dd(1) to default to binary mode, and adds command
> line options iflag=text and oflag=text to specify binary.  It also fixes
> mkdir(1) and install(1) to respect the new meaning of // and //server
> introduced in cygwin 1.5.17.

Therefore, http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC45 is out of date, and we
need a FAQ update.  It is now possible to do `mkdir -p
//MACHINE/Share/path/to/new/dir' and everything just works fine!  However,
`mkdir -p \\\\machine\\share\\path' fails, because coreutils expects Unix
path names, not Windows style.  So it is probably worth rewording this FAQ
to point out why using \ doesn't always do what the user expects.

- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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