X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45D09619.8@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:30:17 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Help. Cygwin corrupting files References: <45CCDE32 DOT 60108 AT cygwin DOT com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Chuck wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> Have you checked if you can do similar operations with DOS commands? I >> believe what you're seeing here is a hardware (probably disk) problem. >> Years ago I had a failing disk pick off files randomly for a while until >> the whole thing finally went. >> >> > > Is there a way to run the "ls" command in debug mode so I can see > exactly where it's failing? It might give me some indication of what's > going on. In Cygwin, there's strace to get a look at the system calls made by Cygwin tools. There's also file and process monitors from sysinternals (now MS) that can provide some insight. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/