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Date:	Sun, 05 Sep 2004 05:12:26 GMT
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Andrew Cottrell wrote:
>>>>cp.exe from fil41b.zip (beta) has a bug.
>>>>If mydirectory directory contains more than 2000 files,
>>>>and no sub directory inside (maybe this is not related).
>>>>
>>>>C:> cp -r mydirectory newdir
>>>>cp: cannot access `mydirectory': No such file or directory (ENOENT)
>>>>C:>
>>>>
>>>>However, mydirectory does exist and is accessable.
>>>>If I use cp.exe from fil41b.zip (alpha), the copy is successful.
> 
> 
> There were bugs found with cp.exe in fileutils / libc code during the
> DJGPP changes to get it working on Win 2000 / XP. If my memory is
> correct then this looks like one of them that has allready been fixed.

so it is the change of libc for beta building?

I tried cp.exe from your link below again, the beta version of
cp.exe doesn't work. If the directory contains less files such as a 
couple of files, "cp -r" will work.

However, the alpha version of cp.exe works fine for directory with
either many files or less files.


> 
> The date of the cp.exe executable should be October or Novemeber 2003
> from memroy. If you do not have this version then try the fileutils at
> the following URL:-
> http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/win2k/main_204.htm
> 
> As I have not put any source for the fileutils to download then there
> should have been no changes to the fileutils source code. LIBC would
> 
> Please read the following to find out more about the 2.04 beta
> release.
> http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/browse.cgi?p=djgpp-announce/2003/12/06/22:18:05
> 
> Andrew
> 

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