cp doesnot copy in certain cases of slash (\)

Ken Dibble kdibbleNOSPAM@alltel.net
Mon Aug 23 20:54:00 GMT 2004


Given that you are using cygwin binaries which assume a POSIX 
environment in a DOS environment,
I am surprised that it ever works.

Koduru, Seshasai wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Following is the test case:
>------------START-------------
>C:\>c:\cygwin\bin\mkdir.exe -p c:\src c:\dst
>
>C:\>c:\cygwin\bin\touch.exe c:\src\newfile
>
>C:\>c:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe c:\src\newfile c:\dst
>/usr/bin/cp: cannot create regular file `c:\\dst/c:\\src\\newfile': No
>such file or directory
>
>C:\>c:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe c:\src\newfile c:\dst\newfile
>
>C:\>c:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe c:\src/newfile c:\dst
>------------END-------------
>
>In the first case of cp command it does not copy the file whereas in the
>next two cases it copies properly. I am "JAM" which produces statements
>like in case 1. So, is there any way in which cp will work for case 1
>also?
>
>
>  
>



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