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Date:	Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:29:15 -0400
To:	"Mike Lerwill" <mlist AT ml-solutions DOT co DOT uk>,
	"Cygwin AT Cygwin. Com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Problem while copying .EXE files
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At 02:42 PM 7/10/2004, you wrote:
>When copying an EXE file there is no problem when the target does not exist
>but it fails for me when the target is present leaving a directory in place
>of the desired file.
>
>Below is the sequence of commands to reproduce this.
>
>Administrator AT home-iii ~
>$ mkdir exetest
>
>Administrator AT home-iii ~
>$ cd exetest
>
>Administrator AT home-iii ~/exetest
>$ cp /bin/ls.exe fred.exe
>
>Administrator AT home-iii ~/exetest
>$ ls -l
>total 48
>-rwxrwxrwx    1 Administ None        71680 Jul 10 19:31 fred.exe
>
>Administrator AT home-iii ~/exetest
>$ cp /bin/ls.exe fred.exe
>cp: writing `fred.exe': Invalid request code
>
>Administrator AT home-iii ~/exetest
>$ ls -l
>total 0
>drwxrwxrwx+   2 Administ None            0 Jul 10 19:31 fred.exe
>
>This is on a fully up to date cygwin installation.
>
>cygcheck.out attached.

WFM.  Did you need to reboot after the last update?  Did you?


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