RE: Error with managed mount point.

> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Mark Paulus > Sent: 16 December 2004 14:32 > >No, they need to be removed. Windows behavior is to ignore > one or more > >'.'s at the end of a file so we're stuck with that in normal > Cygwin-working > >mode. I actually haven't del

Re: Error with managed mount point.

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:21:51 -0500, Larry Hall wrote: >At 03:48 PM 12/15/2004, you wrote: >>Running strace pointed me to the proper place to look >>for the error. >> >>However, the proper fix is maybe more of a philosophy >>issue. >> >No, they need to be removed. Windows behavior is to ignore

Re: Error with managed mount point.

At 03:48 PM 12/15/2004, you wrote: >Running strace pointed me to the proper place to look >for the error. > >However, the proper fix is maybe more of a philosophy >issue. > >I found some code in path.cc that removes trailing dots and >spaces from a file name in path_conv::check(). The question i

Re: Error with managed mount point.

Running strace pointed me to the proper place to look for the error. However, the proper fix is maybe more of a philosophy issue. I found some code in path.cc that removes trailing dots and spaces from a file name in path_conv::check(). The question is, should these trailing spaces/dots actual

Re: Error with managed mount point.

At 02:06 PM 12/15/2004, you wrote: >Hi, > >If someone can point me to the proper place, I would >be willing to further analyze this, but this is the issue: > >Files/Directories that end in a '.'(dot) are not retaining >the dot. For example: > >I am attempting to untar a tarball that contains this

Error with managed mount point.

Hi, If someone can point me to the proper place, I would be willing to further analyze this, but this is the issue: Files/Directories that end in a '.'(dot) are not retaining the dot. For example: I am attempting to untar a tarball that contains this (done on a linux box) drwxr-xr-x 22 mgpaulu