possible problem with cp in cygwin B20

Earnie Boyd earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Thu Sep 30 23:42:00 GMT 1999


--- Ray Rizzuto <ray.rizzuto@dgms.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I don't know if this behavior is an NT portation issue, or an issue with the
> base GNU tools.
> 
> If I issue:
> 
> cp ./test.c .
> 
> I end up with a 0 length file!

Reported before.  Problem with the inode emulation.  Try a newer snapshot after
reading the caveats in the archives and webpages.

> 
> I know this may be a silly use of the cp command, but this exact sequence
> happens because of the rules I have in a Makefile.  Under unix, cp will
> complain that the files are the same, and not do anything.

NOT FOR ALL UNIXES.
===
Earnie Boyd < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com >

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