Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 09:04:19 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ruiter de M <mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, Robert Hoehne <robert DOT hoehne AT mathematik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de>
Subject: Re: Bug in strip?
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On 4 Jun 1997, Ruiter de M wrote:

> When I try to strip files in an other directory than the current one,
> strip doesn't understand me :) For instance:
> 
> C:\> strip d:\prog.exe
> e:/djgpp/bin/strip.exe: d:\prog.exe: rename: Improper link (EXDEV)

I don't know yet whether this bug is in `strip' or in `rename' from
DJGPP library, but there is a work-around: use forward Unix-style
slashes, like so:

	strip d:/prog.exe

This works.  Robert, can you please look at `strip' and see whether it
cannot grok backslashes for some reason?  These problems are usually
in the application code, since library functions treat both kinds of
slashes in the same way.