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According to Corinna Vinschen on 11/24/2006 1:56 AM:
>> Was this change intentional, in which case I need to find an alternative
>> workaround to my .exe magic in coreutils, or accidental?
> 
> Actually, isn't exim an old-style symlink?
> 
>   $ cd /bin
>   $ attrib exim
>      S       C:\cygwin\bin\exim

Aha.  Thanks; that was the clue I needed.  Look for a new coreutils soon
that correctly does .exe magic with old-style symlinks.

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