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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:13:02 -0400
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Subject: looking for informartion about directory names with trailing dots
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  I would like to understand how cygwin can manipulate directories with 
trailing dots.
I looked at some of the source code and it looks like the windows api's 
"GetFullPathName" and "FindFirstFile" are
being used.

But when I try and use those api's directly I cannot read the contents 
of directories with a trailing dot.

I was shocked that Java also does not support reading directories with 
trailing dots as well.

I'd appreciate an explanation or a place to look to read how cygwin 
accomplishes this.

Thanks

-rick

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