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Re: Problem while copying .EXE files
- From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: "Mike Lerwill" <mlist at ml-solutions dot co dot uk>, "Cygwin at Cygwin dot Com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:29:15 -0400
- Subject: Re: Problem while copying .EXE files
- References: <FGELLPDBIBNCBLEECDELAEHJMCAA.mlist@ml-solutions.co.uk>
- Reply-to: Cygwin List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
At 02:42 PM 7/10/2004, you wrote:
>When copying an EXE file there is no problem when the target does not exist
>but it fails for me when the target is present leaving a directory in place
>of the desired file.
>
>Below is the sequence of commands to reproduce this.
>
>Administrator@home-iii ~
>$ mkdir exetest
>
>Administrator@home-iii ~
>$ cd exetest
>
>Administrator@home-iii ~/exetest
>$ cp /bin/ls.exe fred.exe
>
>Administrator@home-iii ~/exetest
>$ ls -l
>total 48
>-rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ None 71680 Jul 10 19:31 fred.exe
>
>Administrator@home-iii ~/exetest
>$ cp /bin/ls.exe fred.exe
>cp: writing `fred.exe': Invalid request code
>
>Administrator@home-iii ~/exetest
>$ ls -l
>total 0
>drwxrwxrwx+ 2 Administ None 0 Jul 10 19:31 fred.exe
>
>This is on a fully up to date cygwin installation.
>
>cygcheck.out attached.
WFM. Did you need to reboot after the last update? Did you?
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