On 1/4/2021 5:36 AM, Matt D. via Cygwin wrote: > Did you try any of my test cases? This can't and doesn't work for the > reasons I outlined in my previous message: > > $ cp -av folder_a/a folder_b/ > 'folder_a/a' -> 'folder_b/a' > cp: cannot create symbolic link 'folder_b/a': No such file or directory > > $ cp -dv folder_a/a folder_b/ > 'folder_a/a' -> 'folder_b/a' > cp: cannot create symbolic link 'folder_b/a': No such file or directory > > $ cp -Pv folder_a/a folder_b/ > 'folder_a/a' -> 'folder_b/a' > cp: cannot create symbolic link 'folder_b/a': No such file or directory
So did you mkdir folder_b first? I don't think cp will create it for you. I tried the commands above with folder_b not existing and got the behavior you indicated, but when I created folder_b first, all three cp commands worked. This overall behavior does not surprise me. On the other hand, if I have folder_b non-existing and do (e.g.) cp -rav folder_a folder_b then it _does_ create folder_b, and also copies the links. HTH - Eliot Moss -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
