From: colman.curtin@trintech.com (Colman Curtin) Subject: RE: bug in cp: Permission denied 7 Nov 1998 09:37:49 -0800 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: John Wiersba , gnu-win32@cygnus.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com] >Sent: 04 November 1998 01:51 >To: John Wiersba; gnu-win32@cygnus.com >Subject: Re: bug in cp: Permission denied > > > > >b is a device under Win32. The FAQ states that files named similar to >a MSDOS device will give you problems. Actually, I'm surprised that >you didn't get an error with a also. uh? a or b are not Dos devices. does b exist already? > > >---John Wiersba wrote: >> >> What's up with this? >> >> touch a >> cp -p a b >> cp: b: Permission denied >> >> The copy actually works, and the timestamp is copied, but not the >> permissions. >> >> I'm running b19 with coolview on NT with everything binary-mounted. >> >> John Wiersba (john.wiersba@medstat.com) >> - >> For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a >message to >> "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". >> > >== >- \\||// >-------------o0O0--Earnie--0O0o-------------- >-- earnie_boyd@yahoo.com -- >-- http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32 -- >----------------ooo0O--O0ooo----------------- > >PS: Newbie's, you should visit my page. >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a >message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".