Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <19990908015032.8951.rocketmail@web125.yahoomail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 18:50:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com Subject: Re: possible problem with cp in cygwin B20 To: Ray Rizzuto , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- Ray Rizzuto wrote: > Hi! > > I don't know if this behavior is an NT portation issue, or an issue with the > base GNU tools. > > If I issue: > > cp ./test.c . > > I end up with a 0 length file! Reported before. Problem with the inode emulation. Try a newer snapshot after reading the caveats in the archives and webpages. > > I know this may be a silly use of the cp command, but this exact sequence > happens because of the rules I have in a Makefile. Under unix, cp will > complain that the files are the same, and not do anything. NOT FOR ALL UNIXES. === 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