From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: bug in cp: Permission denied 5 Nov 1998 05:57:51 -0800 Message-ID: <19981104015114.23904.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1e.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: John Wiersba , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com b is a device under Win32. The FAQ states that files named similar to a MSDOS device will give you problems. Actually, I'm surprised that you didn't get an error with a also. ---John Wiersba wrote: > > What's up with this? > > touch a > cp -p a b > cp: b: Permission denied > > The copy actually works, and the timestamp is copied, but not the > permissions. > > I'm running b19 with coolview on NT with everything binary-mounted. > > John Wiersba (john DOT wiersba AT medstat DOT com) > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > == - \\||// -------------o0O0--Earnie--0O0o-------------- -- earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com -- -- http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32 -- ----------------ooo0O--O0ooo----------------- PS: Newbie's, you should visit my page. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".