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RE: findutils still broken
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:59:11 +0100
- Subject: RE: findutils still broken
----Original Message----
>From: Eric Blake
>Sent: 21 April 2005 18:40
> Contrary to your statement, /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*/ is a
> valid directory name (but you sure have to be careful with shell quoting
> to actually get there).
Only on a managed mount. You simply cannot create a filename with a * in
it under windows, no matter how carefully you quote it (read 'even if you
pass a string with a * in it to CreateFile).
cheers,
DaveK
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