On Mar 29 09:49, Eric Blake wrote: > On 03/29/2010 09:39 AM, george.b.mil...@l-3com.com wrote: > > $ cygcheck -c coreutils > > Cygwin Package Information > > Package Version Status > > coreutils 8.4-2 OK > > > > $ mkdir whatever.exe > > $ mv whatever.exe whatever > > $ echo $? > > 0 > > > > $ ls whatever > > ls: cannot open directory whatever: No such file or directory > > $ file whatever.exe > > whatever.exe: directory > > Thanks for the report. Unfortunately, directory names ending in .exe > are rarely tested, because they tend to interfere with .exe magic. I'll > add this to my list of things that I will look into for the next > coreutils packaging, but no promises on a time frame. In the meantime, > you are better off not naming your directories with a .exe extension in > the first place.
It's a bug in Cygwin. I'm just looking into it. The problem is that automatic suffix handling is done, and this doesn't differ between files and directories. That's apparently wrong. I'm just testing a fix. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
