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Re: gdb.ini vs. .gdbinit on cygwin

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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> Right.  gdb.ini was a bad choice for a name from the beginning.
> Apparently whomeever did the original cygwin port was a little confused
> about file names under Windows NT/95.

It was originally set up for DOS (Cygnus had a now-long-forgotten
DOS tools business...), and retained into Windows out of inertia and
some desire for continuity.  Not much reason to keep it any longer.

Stan


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