Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:53:02 EDT From: Upat54wo@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Re: cp returns status of 1 To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_Part_3bcf4f3e-00f6-276-010203040506" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Message-ID: <48.57e701.2900a93e@aol.com> ------_Part_3bcf4f3e-00f6-276-010203040506 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------_Part_3bcf4f3e-00f6-276-010203040506 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from web48.aolmail.aol.com (web48.aolmail.aol.com [205.188.161.9]) by air-id06.mx.aol.com (v81.9) with ESMTP id MAILINID62-1018175221; Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:52:21 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:52:20 EDT From: Upat54wo@aol.com Subject:Re: cp returns status of 1 To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Message-ID: <13d.31bc5d9.2900a915@aol.com> All servers are NT 4.0 sp 6. I am running from a client station also NT 4.0 sp 6. Thanks again! In a message dated Thu, 18 Oct 2001 4:10:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Wayne Willcox writes: > what version of windows are you using? Win9x is particularly bad about > returning incorrect return codes. Of course what win9x returns is a 0 > not a 1 in my experience. This is because Windows really does not use > a return code like UNIX does. Windows returns a 0 in pretty much all > conditions. When I am writing code for Windows9x I never depend on > the return code, it is usually wrong. > > what are the servers NT , UNIX and Samba, AIX and cifs? > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:57:23AM -0400, Upat54wo@aol.com wrote: > > Can someone explan to me why "cp - /cygdrive/x/file /cygdrive/y/file" returns a status of 1? > > > > Both drives are mapped drives and are on different servers. Comparing bytes through Explorer indicates source and destination files are identical. Cygwin is set up with "binmode" as the default. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- > Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ... > Wayne Willcox I will not eat green eggs and ham > wayne@reliant.immure.com I will not eat them Sam I Am!! > A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. > -- Chinese proverb ------_Part_3bcf4f3e-00f6-276-010203040506 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ ------_Part_3bcf4f3e-00f6-276-010203040506--