Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 13:31:11 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem with cp'ing executables Message-ID: <20010514133111.A9139@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20010514125855.A8574@redhat.com> <3B0014E3.4DC3CFC2@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3B0014E3.4DC3CFC2@yahoo.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:24:51PM -0400 On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:24:51PM -0400, Earnie Boyd wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 09:51:08AM -0400, Paul Stodghill wrote: >> >I see a strange bug when trying to copy an executable from one directory to >> >another. >> > >> >If the command "cp /dir/exec-name /dir2/exec-name" is used, the copy fails >> >with an error message that the two files "are the same file". But, >> >"cp /dir/exec-name.exe /dir2/exec-name.exe" works. >> > >> >I don't believe this was a problem with 1.1.8, but it is a problem with >> >1.3.1 and with 5/13 snapshot. >> >> Instead of "not believing" it would be tremendously helpful if you could >> verify that fact. >> > >FWIIW, this issue has always been an issue. It has to do with stat >returning for /foo/bar when the file is actually /foo/bar.exe. But the "same file" distinction should be based on inodes, I believe and the inodes should be different in this case. I would just expect a different error message than "are the same file". cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple