Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Andrzej.Pruszynski@eur.autodesk.com Message-ID: To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: RE: B20: Cp fails while "%" sign is in file name Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:46:57 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Thanks, but just tested: bash-2.02$ cp tst25\%.txt tst.txt cp: tst25%.txt: No such file or directory It doesn't work... Andrzej Pruszynski -----Original Message----- From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 14:33 To: Andrzej Pruszynski; cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: B20: Cp fails while "%" sign is in file name --- Andrzej Pruszynski wrote: > "cp" command fails when file name contains "%" sign: > > ------------------------------------ > bash-2.02$ ls -l tst* > -rw-r--r-- 1 544 everyone 6 Aug 20 10:34 tst25%.txt > bash-2.02$ cp tst25%.txt tst.txt > cp: tst25%.txt: No such file or directory > ------------------------------------ You'll have to quote the % I.E.: cp tst25\%.txt tst.txt === Earnie Boyd Newbies, please visit (If you respond to the list, then please don't cc me) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com