Hi Can anybody help me with the following problem: updating timestamps of files on a remote computer fails using tar, touch, cp, mv
The commands "tar", "touch" , "cp -p", "mv" report errors when timestamps have to be updated on a remote computer in a local network. example (host=computer-3) cd //computer-1/hd_e_pc1 touch xxx touch: setting times of `xxx': Function not implemented example: cd /cygdrive/e (local directory) tar cf - xxx | (cd //computer-1/hd_i_pc1;tar xf -) tar: xxx: Cannot utime: Function not implemented tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors example: cp -p xxx //computer-1/hd_e_pc1 cp: preserving times for `//computer-1/hd_e_pc1/xxx': Function not implemented example: mv /tmp/timestamp.3640 /cygdrive/x/logfiles_COMPUTER-3/timestamp_Hoofdbestanden.txt mv: preserving times for `/cygdrive/x/logfiles_COMPUTER-3/timestamp_Hoofdbestanden.txt': Function not implemented (x: is mounted on //computer-1/hd_i_pc1) Additional notes: Computer-3: WindowsXP-SP1 Computer-1: Windows98 The same commands on computer-1 (win98) are OK. When rebooting computer-3 to windows98-SE (multiboot system) the commands are also OK. The problem has not always been there, but I couldn't trace which change has caused this bug. The only change item is a replace of the NVidea display driver by an ASUS display driver. The NVidea driver caused lots of blue screens. Could a "dll" file be damaged? WindowsXP has no problems with timestamps. After the first time that the problems occured, I installed the most recent version of Cygwin (only the default files), but the problem is still there. Ad Razenberg -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
