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Re: [PATCH] ls & "magic" cygdrive dir (was: RE: cygdrive stuff)


On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 11:17:59PM +0200, Ronald Landheer wrote:
> So, if I understand correctly, devices *always* take precedence over 
> files? Conflicts between them are *absolutely* impossible?
> Just making sure - seems too good to be true :)

But it is true.  The reason is that a path is always translated
by calling a `look for device' function very early in the path
translation (path.cc).

Corinna

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