From: Klaus Peter Wegge <wegge AT c-lab DOT de>
Message-Id: <199810081524.RAA29395@narvi.c-lab.de>
Subject: file utilities and X:/dev
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 17:24:17 +0200 (MET DST)
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The "cp", "mv", "ls", "mv" ... commands, comming with DJGPP 2.01
have a funny behaviour.
Example:
cp lib*.a ..
leads to a message:
d:/djgpp/bin/cp: libtcp.a: No such file or directory (ENOENT)

It took a long time since I found out it was no good idea to
name the development directroy "d:\dev".
There may be some reasons for that behaviour but
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
tell the users about this knowwn bug/feature at a significant
place or better:
put a simple test for
X:/dev/... (where X is an abitrary drive)
to a batchfile (setdjgpp.bat?) to generate a warning
understandable by a nonhacker.
I just know, how to get around the problem, but others will
get into the same truble.

Klaus-Peter

P.S.:
Replies please directly to my email adresse. I'm not subscribed
on the list. Thanks.
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