Certain files in Windows/System32 are invisible in Cygwin

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Mar 30 15:47, Eric Bracken wrote:
> This is a strange problem:  certain files in the Windows/System32
> directory are not visible from Cygwin:
> 
>     Studio(27): ls /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/nbtstat.exe
>     ls: cannot access /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/nbtstat.exe: No
> such file or directory
> 
> But other ones are:
> 
>     Studio(28): ls /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/PING.EXE
>     /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/PING.EXE
> 
> The system in question is Windows 7 64-bit (service pack 1)

Yeah, I thought so.  Ever heard about file system redirection?  If not,
see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384187%28VS.85%29.aspx

Hint: Try `ls /cygdrive/c/Windows/Sysnative/nbtstat.exe'

This has nothing to do with Cygwin, except that Cygwin is a 32 bit
application.


Corinna

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