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RE: bug in cp: Permission denied


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com]
>Sent: 04 November 1998 01:51
>To: John Wiersba; gnu-win32@cygnus.com
>Subject: Re: bug in cp: Permission denied
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>b is a device under Win32.  The FAQ states that files named similar to
>a MSDOS device will give you problems.  Actually, I'm surprised that
>you didn't get an error with a also.
uh? a or b are not Dos devices.
does b exist already?
>
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>---John Wiersba <John.Wiersba@medstat.com> wrote:
>>
>> What's up with this?
>> 
>> touch a
>> cp -p a b
>> cp: b: Permission denied
>> 
>> The copy actually works, and the timestamp is copied, but not the
>> permissions. 
>> 
>> I'm running b19 with coolview on NT with everything binary-mounted.
>> 
>> John Wiersba (john.wiersba@medstat.com)
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