From: hughw@scoutsys.com (Hugh Winkler) Subject: RE: B20, Win95: cp destroys file 17 Nov 1998 00:06:53 -0800 Message-ID: <000101be11a4$c53387f0$0c0aa8c0.cygnus.gnu-win32@harry.scoutsys.com> References: <9811160532.AA24319@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu> Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "'Mumit Khan'" , Cc: "'Henry S. Warren, Jr.'" , > I believe that the problem is in MoveFileEx (WIN API), which > doesn't do > the right thing. However, the rename in MSVC runtime does somehow do > it correctly on all filesystems, so it's doing something more > than using > MoveFileEx. (fyi, mv uses the rename runtime routine in winsup that in > turn uses MoveFileEx to do the actual renaming). > > Comments from win32 savvy folks? > msvcrt rename() uses MoveFile, not MFEx. It's just a simple pass through call, no input checking. Hugh Winkler Scout Systems, Inc. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".