From: hughw AT scoutsys DOT com (Hugh Winkler)
Subject: RE: B20, Win95: cp destroys file
17 Nov 1998 00:06:53 -0800
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References: <9811160532 DOT AA24319 AT modi DOT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu>
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To: "'Mumit Khan'" <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu>, <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Cc: "'Henry S. Warren, Jr.'" <hank AT watson DOT ibm DOT com>, <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>


> I believe that the problem is in MoveFileEx (WIN API), which
> doesn't do
> the right thing. However, the rename in MSVC runtime does somehow do
> it correctly on all filesystems, so it's doing something more
> than using
> MoveFileEx. (fyi, mv uses the rename runtime routine in winsup that in
> turn uses MoveFileEx to do the actual renaming).
>
> Comments from win32 savvy folks?
>

msvcrt rename() uses MoveFile, not MFEx. It's just a simple pass through
call, no input checking.

Hugh Winkler
Scout Systems, Inc.


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