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On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:15:17AM -0400, Brad Barber wrote: >At 03:27 PM Tuesday 4/10/2001, Matthew Smith wrote: >>Are you using binary mounts? You might also try adding 'binmode' to your >>CYGWIN environment variable. Do NOT set the CYGWIN var in your bash >>environment, set it in your Windows environment if you go that route. > >Thanks for your help. It helped me locate the problem. > >All the disks are mounted as the default binmode, otherwise 'cp' >doesn't work with binary files. Huh? Please don't spread misinformation. Of course 'cp' works with "binary files" regardless of the mount point. If you've found a failing case, that is a serious bug that requires a fix. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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