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Date:	Thu, 22 May 2003 16:27:00 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <ronald AT landheer DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: Re[2]: cat
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On Wed, 21 May 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> Searching for "bin/cat" returns exactly one match.  It's usually a good
> assumption that an executable will be in "*bin/", so prepending "bin/"
> will almost always narrow your search to executables.  OTOH, using ".exe"
> is not guaranteed -- try finding "egrep.exe", for example; you'll be in
> for a surprise.
> 
> These tips have been posted before (by me as well as others), and I even
> recommended recently that they be added to the FAQ:
> <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-05/msg01221.html>.
> 	Igor
I'd propose adding them to the search page in stead (or as well): anyone 
who uses the package search is sure to look there.

rlc



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