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Date:	Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:21:04 -0400
To:	JGraham <jgraham AT grahamguitars DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: mv directories
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At 03:02 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote:
>Just a quick note.  
>if you are running linux, and have a vmware session open of XP with a
>cygwin console.  And XP has a share mounted from the linux host via
>samba as say..  H:  so, in cygwin it would be /cygdive/h.  And you have
>a shortcut to that dive.... it's a bad idea to move a folder of backup
>files to that destination (ie "mv backup ../linuxshare/").  There will
>be no error message, and your data is gone...
>
>JGraham


Is VMWare a significant component or is it just the fact that you have a 
"shortcut"?  Is your "shortcut" created via Cygwin's "ls -s" or via 
Windows?


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