Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:47:20 -0800 (PST) From: Sam Vaughan To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: bug? cp and coreutils-5.2.1-2 In-Reply-To: <005301c4e87c$8ad2b530$5709a443@c40624a> Message-ID: References: <004601c4e87c$2efd2fb0$5709a443@c40624a> <005301c4e87c$8ad2b530$5709a443@c40624a> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Raye Raskin wrote: >>> Just updated my Cygwin. If I use cp to copy a file, in this case an >>> executable, I get "This program cannot be run in DOS mode" when I try to >>> run the copied file. >>> >>> The copied file also now differs from the original. >>> >>> $ ls -l /bin/sum.exe >>> -rwxr-x---+ 1 sam Users 26624 Dec 21 02:32 /bin/sum.exe >>> >>> $ cp /bin/sum.exe copysum.exe >>> >>> $ ls -l copysum.exe >>> -rwxr-x--- 1 sam None 26713 Dec 22 14:35 copysum.exe >>> >>> $ cmp /bin/sum.exe copysum.exe >>> /bin/sum.exe copysum.exe differ: char 119, line 1 >>> >>> $ ./copysum.exe >>> This program cannot be run in DOS mode. >>> >>> >>> Anybody else experiencing this? I have tested this out on three different >>> computers that have been updated today, all produce the same results. On a >>> box thats running the older cygwin, cp copies the files exactly and I have >>> no trouble running them. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Sam >> UPDATE: I reinstalled coreutils via setup, and I checked Default text file type as 'Unix' and now the behavoir is correct. 'DOS' was the default I selected when I installed Cygwin initially. Reinstalling coreutils with 'DOS' set as default file type, brings back the behavior and I cannot run the copied file. Sam -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/