Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com From: "Reid Thompson" To: Subject: cat HelloDate.java >hellodate.java fails with cat HelloDate.java: input file is output file Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:16:49 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 A question... /home/rthompso/JAVA>cat HelloDate.java >hellodate.java cat: HelloDate.java: input file is output file Is this proper behavior?( I do not believe it is). If not, is this a result of some error in my setup (mount type for /home????) or an underlying OS problem(WIN caseInsensitive)? or...? The archives have minor mention of this in 1998, nothing since. cat.c makes the following validation: if (check_redirection && stat_buf.st_dev == out_dev && stat_buf.st_ino == out_ino && (input_desc != STDIN_FILENO || output_desc != STDOUT_FILENO)) { error (0, 0, _("%s: input file is output file"), infile); exit_status = 1; goto contin; } thanks reid -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple