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Date:	Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:32:28 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Problem while copying .EXE files
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On Jul 12 12:00, Mike Lerwill wrote:
> I have tracked this further and can now confirm that running the following
> test case (trimmed down from what cp is actually doing) in a directory which
> already contains a valid test.exe (copy of ls.exe) results in test.exe which
> is a directory not a file.
> 
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> 
> int main (int argc, char * argv[])
> {
>     int test_file;
>     test_file = open ("test.exe",O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY);
>     close (test_file);
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> I have attached the results of stracing this in case it helps.

I'm sorry but I can't reproduce it.  I'm getting a truncated but
still normal file after calling this application.  I also don't see
anything strange in your strace output.  Looks pretty much like my
strace output, incuding all arguments to NtCreateFile.


Corinna

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