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Re: duplicate *.exe commands


Dave Korn wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
Now, to anticipate your next question, '/usr/bin/cat.exe' and
'/bin/cat.exe' are not duplicates either.  See the results of typing 'mount'.

That was the exact opposite of what you meant to say, wasn't it? /usr/bin/* and /bin/* absolutely are duplicates of each other, as you hoped to point out by showing them mounted to the same place.

I guess that depends on what you mean by "duplicates". I meant it as in one is not a copy of the other. They are the same file as viewed from two different directory paths. Delete one in one path and the other goes too. A "duplicate" to me means that I could delete '/usr/bin/cat.exe', for example, and still have '/bin/cat.exe'. This is not the case with Cygwin. Hopefully that clarifies things for everyone. :-)

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