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Re: Is there a 'ping' in cygwin?
Christopher Faylor <cgf-rcm@cygwin.com> wrote in
<20031020143648.GB11148@redhat.com>
in gmane.os.cygwin on Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:36:48 -0400:
> >Without the symlink I have to use 'PING.EXE', with it I can use 'ping'.
> >Cygwin has two main benefits for me - it makes windows usable (mainly for
> >work) and it helps me migrate to linux at home. Hence I would prefer to be
> >as unix/linux like as possible - so I use "check_case:strict".
>
> Seems like a simpler solution would be to:
> mv PING.EXE foo
> mv foo ping.exe
Or, heaven forbid, just use Windows Explorer to rename (F2) "PING.EXE"
to "ping.exe".
Regards,
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Sam Edge
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