On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 03:36:51AM -0700, Ben Wing wrote: > On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 10:51:38PM -0700, Ben Wing wrote: > >Try this, latest Cygwin, Win2k latest: > > > >/xemacs/cygbuild/build-mule/src 2049% cat > foo > >foo [hit ^D] > >/xemacs/cygbuild/build-mule/src 2050% od -bc foo > >0000000 146 157 157 015 012 > > f o o \r \n > >0000005 > >/xemacs/cygbuild/build-mule/src 2051% cp foo bar > >/xemacs/cygbuild/build-mule/src 2052% cp -f foo bar > >cp: writing `bar': Invalid request code /xemacs/cygbuild/build-mule/src > >2053% ls -ld bar > >drwxrwxrwx+ 2 Ben Wing None 0 Oct 2 22:40 bar/ > >/xemacs/cygbuild/build-mule/src 2054% > > > >Clever, no? Somehow, your file magically got converted into a > >directory ...
Perhaps it was a directory before the initial cp. Show us. Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
