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According to Vincent Rivière on 10/4/2009 6:21 AM:
> $ ln -s /bin/ls lls
> $ ls -l lls
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 vincent cygwin 11 Oct  4 14:13 lls -> /bin/ls.exe
> 
> Do you agree this is a bug and it should be fixed ?

I'm not sure whether I agree that it is a bug.  But I already know that
the existing 1.7 build of coreutils needs some TLC with .exe magic, once I
can get enough time to focus on it.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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