-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Kenneth Chalmers on 5/26/2005 2:17 PM: > 1. Create a dangling symbolic link: > ln -s filename_that_doesnt_exist test > 2. Copy the link, preserving its link status: > cp -d test test2 > 3. Try to copy the link AGAIN, even with the force flag: > cp -df test test2
Yep, you probably uncovered a cygwin coreutils release issue (my guess is that it is related to my automatic .exe handling code not knowing how to properly handle dangling symlinks). I'll investigate further and report back when I have a final conclusion. - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] cygwin coreutils maintainer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFClm0B84KuGfSFAYARAr7PAJ0a12CK6Em+lHc0UnZSHvEPSFWRMACfcPs2 KYC53B+x1yz/Jp6GUIjhRCM= =kEV0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/
