Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs> Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.0.20040407151754.039f6da8@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:21:04 -0400 To: JGraham <jgraham AT grahamguitars DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com> Subject: Re: mv directories In-Reply-To: <1081364548.5222.4.camel@Dark> References: <1081364548 DOT 5222 DOT 4 DOT camel AT Dark> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 03:02 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote: >Just a quick note. >if you are running linux, and have a vmware session open of XP with a >cygwin console. And XP has a share mounted from the linux host via >samba as say.. H: so, in cygwin it would be /cygdive/h. And you have >a shortcut to that dive.... it's a bad idea to move a folder of backup >files to that destination (ie "mv backup ../linuxshare/"). There will >be no error message, and your data is gone... > >JGraham Is VMWare a significant component or is it just the fact that you have a "shortcut"? Is your "shortcut" created via Cygwin's "ls -s" or via Windows? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/