Thank you for all your responses.
I figured out a way to solve the problem. Originally I stored all the files on an ancient Next file server. According to a warning message from Matlab, it may have timestamp problems. ``This server appears to support UNIX-style directory timestamp updates.'' Now, I moved the source to a NT file server. And it worked out. Feng >From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Xiaofeng Zheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: ar: liba2ps.a: rename: Permission denied >Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:16:18 -0500 > >At 01:37 PM 3/12/2002, Xiaofeng Zheng wrote: > >I reduced it to the following and strongly believe it is a problem of >``ar''. > > > > > >zhengx@WNDIRD320 /cygdrive/o/software/a2ps-4.10.4/lib > >$ ar -cr liba2ps.a media.o > >ar: liba2ps.a: rename: Permission denied > > >No problems here. This type of problem is usually related to security >attributes (i.e. permissions). You might want to review the permissions of >the files and directories involved. Looking at the output of this command >when run under strace may help you pinpoint the problem if it's not >obvious. > >Sorry, I don't have any other ideas based on the information provided. > > >Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] >RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com >838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office >Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- 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/
