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Re: phantom file "aux" under bash b19
- To: Daniel Karipides <karipid at mae dot cornell dot edu>
- Subject: Re: phantom file "aux" under bash b19
- From: Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot OZ dot AU>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 10:21:18 +1000
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <199804031907.OAA00738@scotch.mae.cornell.edu>
On 03-Apr-1998, Daniel Karipides <karipid@mae.cornell.edu> wrote:
>
> Under bash, b19, there is a phantom file "aux" that does not exist,
> but affects things such as "ls" and "tar".
The same is true under command.com. It's a device file.
This particular piece of brain damage is for backwards compatibility
with DOS.
> I couldn't find any reference to this in the FAQ:
I'm pretty sure it's there -- it mentions problems compiling
perl, due to an `aux.sh' file.
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