From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@freemail.ru>
To: Aaron Schneider <notstop@users.sourceforge.net>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Inconsistence on file operation when the name already exists with exe extension
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:20:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <12410514575.20120709031714@mtu-net.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BLU152-W26F54627DEBFF08480143BCEEC0@phx.gbl>
Greetings, Aaron Schneider!
> --On an empty dir--:
> touch file.exe
> touch file.img
> touch file doesn't create the corresponding file.
> --Then--
> touch helpp
> cp helpp file
> cp: can't create regular file «file»: File exists
> On rm file it removes the file.exe instead of saying file not found.
> Is this behavior intended?
Yes. For more information, read about Cygwin .exe files handling magic.
> This is not unix like, the filename should be preserved as is
Complain to Microsoft...
--
WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 09.07.2012, <03:15>
Sorry for my terrible english...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-08 23:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-08 20:03 Aaron Schneider
2012-07-08 20:19 ` Aaron Schneider
2012-07-08 20:27 ` marco atzeri
2012-07-08 20:37 ` Aaron Schneider
2012-07-09 12:36 ` Earnie Boyd
2012-07-08 20:49 ` Aaron Schneider
2012-07-08 22:43 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2012-07-08 23:20 ` Andrey Repin [this message]
2012-07-09 15:23 notstop
2012-07-09 15:45 ` Christopher Faylor
2012-07-09 16:47 ` Steven Hartland
2012-07-09 17:20 ` Aaron Schneider
2012-07-10 5:38 ` Matt Seitz
2012-07-10 8:45 ` Aaron Schneider
2012-07-10 15:25 ` Earnie Boyd
2012-07-10 16:23 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2012-07-10 16:54 ` Aaron Schneider
2012-07-10 17:03 ` Christopher Faylor
2012-07-10 18:59 ` Earnie Boyd
2012-07-11 0:50 ` Andrey Repin
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