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1.3.4: Filenames ending with a dot
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- Subject: 1.3.4: Filenames ending with a dot
- From: Kandziora Jan <Jan dot Kandziora at ts dot siemens dot de>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:58:16 +0100
Hello,
there may be a problem with cygwin's handling of filenames: Files with any
number of dots at the end are referred to be the same with no dots at the
end at all. E.g.
echo Hello >a
echo World >a....
results in a single file a, containing "World". The file can be accessed
with the name "a" and also "a." etc.
Moreover, one can mkdir a directory named "xyz", and use it with any number
of dots at the end.
mkdir xyz
cd xyz.....
pwd gives now "(...) /xyz....."
I wonder if you intended it to work like this or if it's a bug.
Jan Kandziora
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