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Updating timestamps of files on a remote computer fails
- From: "ajpt razenberg" <ajptrazenberg at home dot nl>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:07:06 +0100
- Subject: Updating timestamps of files on a remote computer fails
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
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