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From: Andrew Cottrell <andspamtrap DOT aty DOT exemail DOT doty DOT com DOT dot DOT yau AT unknown DOT addr>
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Subject: Re: cp.exe bug
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 10:01:10 +1000
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>>>cp.exe from fil41b.zip (beta) has a bug.
>>>If mydirectory directory contains more than 2000 files,
>>>and no sub directory inside (maybe this is not related).
>>>
>>>C:> cp -r mydirectory newdir
>>>cp: cannot access `mydirectory': No such file or directory (ENOENT)
>>>C:>
>>>
>>>However, mydirectory does exist and is accessable.
>>>If I use cp.exe from fil41b.zip (alpha), the copy is successful.

There were bugs found with cp.exe in fileutils / libc code during the
DJGPP changes to get it working on Win 2000 / XP. If my memory is
correct then this looks like one of them that has allready been fixed.

The date of the cp.exe executable should be October or Novemeber 2003
from memroy. If you do not have this version then try the fileutils at
the following URL:-
http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/win2k/main_204.htm

As I have not put any source for the fileutils to download then there
should have been no changes to the fileutils source code. LIBC would

Please read the following to find out more about the 2.04 beta
release.
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/browse.cgi?p=djgpp-announce/2003/12/06/22:18:05

Andrew