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Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:44:05 -0700
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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According to RE on 2/2/2005 9:27 AM:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> Sorry about not mentioning the version.  That was really stupid of me.
> 
> I have installed the fileutils-4.1-8-bin.exe package.
> 
> The version of cp.exe is 4.1.1253.32350.
> 
> I am using Win2k SP4 with NTFS 5.0.

Please keep replies on a mailing list, rather than to me personally - then
you might get more help, and it will be archived for future reference if
someone else encounters a similar problem.  You still haven't told me what
system you are running on (hint: uname -a), whether it is cygwin or
something else.  But, you are certainly using an outdated version of cp,
which would explain your bug.  As I pointed out in
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2005-02/msg00081.html, coreutils 5.3.0
correctly creates a sparse file with --sparse=always when there are at
least 128k of 0s in the source, and preserves the sparse-ness of the
source with --sparse=auto.

> So far I haven't found the latest coreutils package yet.  Maybe there is a
> newer version of cp.exe inside.  I only found coreutils-5.2.1.tar.gz which
> does not contain any executable files.  To be honest, I don't know what to
> do with the contents of that archive.

If you want the latest version of cp.exe that I have precompiled and
tested for cygwin, see http://cygwin.com.  And if you are using cygwin,
follow the bug-reporting directions of attaching the `cygcheck -svr'
output to your response.  If you were using a mingw or DJGPP version, then
take your question to those lists for help.

>> 
>> You never stated which platform you are using; the output of `cp
>> --version' and `uname -a' would be useful in your bug report.  Are you
>> using cygwin or mingw, or are you accessing the NTFS drive remotely from a
>> *nix box?  If your problem is with the cygwin port of cp, then the cygwin
>> AT cygwin DOT com mailing list is the correct place to ask; I see you've
>> repeated your question there, so I will let that thread answer your
>> question.

- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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