Re: Weird bug with cp -f [solution that works for me]

2004-10-05 Thread Dave Miles
"Dave Miles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Since re-starting the system and repeating the copy on drive O: (the > newly created NTFS partition that 'cp' worked in) the "magically created > directory" now appears when using 'cp'. So I tried to re-format it and was

Re: Weird bug with cp -f [solution that works for me]

2004-10-05 Thread Brian Dessent
Dave Miles wrote: > > Since re-starting the system and repeating the copy on drive O: (the > > newly created NTFS partition that 'cp' worked in) the "magically created > > directory" now appears when using 'cp'. > > So I tried to re-format it and was denied. On investigation > it turned out that

Re: Weird bug with cp -f [solution that works for me]

2004-10-05 Thread Dave Miles
"Brian Dessent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dave Miles wrote: > > > > Since re-starting the system and repeating the copy on drive O: (the > > > newly created NTFS partition that 'cp' worked in) the "magically created > > > directory" now appears when using 'cp'.

RE: Weird bug with cp -f [solution that works for me]

2004-10-05 Thread Mike Lerwill
> > Although I'm pretty sure that prior releases of Cygwin have > co-existed with Mr Norton quite happily. > > Did the original poster have Norton enabled? > > Anyone else care to comment? > > Cheerio, > > Dave Miles I was also experiencing this problem occasionally and in my case it was the Nor

RE: Weird bug with cp -f [solution that works for me]

2004-10-05 Thread Dave Korn
> -Original Message- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Dave Miles > Sent: 05 October 2004 16:06 > > Agreed! > > Although I'm pretty sure that prior releases of Cygwin have > co-existed with Mr Norton quite happily. > > Did the original poster have Norton enabled? > > Anyone else care t

Re: Weird bug with cp -f [solution that works for me]

2004-10-05 Thread Reini Urban
Brian Dessent schrieb: Dave Miles wrote: Since re-starting the system and repeating the copy on drive O: (the newly created NTFS partition that 'cp' worked in) the "magically created directory" now appears when using 'cp'. So I tried to re-format it and was denied. On investigation it turned out th

RE: Weird bug with cp -f [solution that works for me]

2004-10-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> > The moral of the story is "Expect illogical issues to crop > up if you > > run invasive programs that install low-level hooks all throughout > > various system APIs." > > "... when they come from norton or symantec." > > I successfully run perfectly invasive programs which install > low-l