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Subject: Re: Win64 FS redirectors and Cygwin
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On Jul 16 22:43, JonY wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> While working with bash auto-completion in C:\Windows\System32, I
> noticed that win64 FS redirectors are not disabled.
> 
> This caused some strangeness from the user perspective, but Cygwin
> is a normal Win32 program from Window's perspective.
> 
> Should FS redirection be disabled for Cygwin? Or at least a way to
> disable it?

No.  Just use /cygdrive/c/Windows/Sysnative as path to the 64 bit
binaries.


Corinna

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