"R. Brock Lynn" wrote (Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:16:27 -0500 ): |> |>Well here's a simple thing to check: |> |>Do you have write permission on the SMB share? In windows you can have two |>passwords... one for read and one for write. |>
Brock- thanks for the idea. actually, i'm quite sure i have the correct permissions to do this, as i can manually delete the file with /bin/rm. Shaleh suggested to me that this is a basic limitation in windows filesystems. that is to say, if you go into the explorer or a command shell on a win box and try something analogous, you get an error. so, now i have a question for the list. i guess i can accept this behavior, but now i'm curious: what does /bin/mv do when the target file already exists (and isn't a directory). it must do something other than unlink the target file and relink the source file to that name, right? otherwise, it seems like it should work. thanks, everyone. -alan