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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Berber?= <rberber AT prodigy DOT net DOT mx>
Subject:  Re: permission denied errors in script run by cron
Date:  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:36:37 -0500
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cyg DOT 108 AT xoxy DOT net wrote:

> I'm trying to do automated backups with a cron job in cygwin and am
> running into permissions issues.  (I'm using XP Pro).=20
>=20
> When I run this command from the shell, it works fine -- no errors:
>=20
> /bin/cp -uvdR  My\ Documents/ /f/Documents\ and\ Settings/Matt/
[snip]

Isn't "My Documents" just a link created by Windows when you log in and
destroyed when you log out?

Why don't you change "My Documents" to [guessing] /c/Documents\ and\
Settings/Matt/My\ Documents ?

HTH
--=20
Ren=E9 Berber


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