B20, Win95: cp destroys file

Hugh Winkler hughw@scoutsys.com
Mon Nov 16 16:21:00 GMT 1998


> I believe that the problem is in MoveFileEx (WIN API), which
> doesn't do
> the right thing. However, the rename in MSVC runtime does somehow do
> it correctly on all filesystems, so it's doing something more
> than using
> MoveFileEx. (fyi, mv uses the rename runtime routine in winsup that in
> turn uses MoveFileEx to do the actual renaming).
>
> Comments from win32 savvy folks?
>

msvcrt rename() uses MoveFile, not MFEx. It's just a simple pass through
call, no input checking.

Hugh Winkler
Scout Systems, Inc.


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