why is cygwin seeing older versions of the same files? -


i hoping use cygwin "tail -f" apache log file on 1 of windows machines. in cygwin terminal, cd on log directory, , get:

ccurvey@minnie1 /cygdrive/c/program files (x86)/apache software foundation/apache2.2/logs $ ls -l total 21 -rwx------+ 1 ccurvey        domain users  6004 feb 25  2012 access.log -rwx------+ 1 ccurvey        domain users 39519 feb 25  2012 error.log -rwx------+ 1 administrators domain users     6 jul 17 23:48 httpd.pid -rwx------+ 1 system         system        6104 feb 25  2012 install.log -rwx------+ 1 ????????       domain users     0 feb 24  2012 minnie.log 

but if @ same directory in dos command window, see:

c:\program files (x86)\apache software foundation\apache2.2\logs>dir  volume in drive c minnie os  volume serial number 9c28-b005   directory of c:\program files (x86)\apache software foundation\apache2.2\logs  07/17/2013  11:48 pm    <dir>          . 07/17/2013  11:48 pm    <dir>          .. 07/17/2013  11:48 pm        10,514,794 access.log 07/17/2013  11:48 pm         2,458,745 error.log 07/17/2013  11:48 pm                 6 httpd.pid 02/25/2012  01:04 pm             6,104 install.log 02/24/2012  10:56                 0 minnie.log            5 file(s)     12,979,649 bytes            2 dir(s)   1,897,603,072 bytes free  

so why dos window showing me access.log last modified on 7/17/13, , cygwin terminal tells me same file last modified on 2/25/12? (i did look, , contents of files different! can see file size differences right on listings.)

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update: ended uninstalling existing version of cygwin , installing brand-new copy, , working now.

use updated version of cygwin. might help.


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