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RE: cp -p now works
- To: "'gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com'" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: cp -p now works
- From: John Cook <john dot cook at kla-tencor dot com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 15:53:39 -0800
I mentioned last week on the list that 'cp -p' appears to require
NTFS for its destination file. Again I pose the question: Is there
a good reason why 'cp -p' can't work under FAT filesystems as well?
After all, 'cp -p' is the default behavior for all of the DOS and
Windows file copy operations.
--John
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>From: kh@wg.icl.co.uk[SMTP:kh@wg.icl.co.uk]
>
>I changed the disc format to NTFS (quick convert) and Hey Presto it works. I
>also noticed that cp -p which I could not get to work before is now fine.
>
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