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Re: Problem with cp to a directory


On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 10:36:57PM +0000, peter.coppens2@pandora.be wrote:
>Hello,
>
>While attempting to port a number of scripts from MKS to the latest cygwin download, something like 
>
>cp c:\\temp\\tmt.c tcp 
>
>is executed (tcp is a directory). 
>
>This returns 
>
>cp: cannot create regular file `tcp/c:\\temp\\tmt.c': No such file or directory 
>
>When using a target file or Unix style paths, it all works fine. 
>
>Is this a known issue or intended behavior? Thanks for any suggestions. 

It's not a problem.  It's a feature.  This is Cygwin.  Cygwin uses UNIX
style paths.  Use UNIX style paths if you want to use UNIX tools:

cp /cygdrive/c/temp/tmt.c tcp

cgf
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