From: Cliff Hones <cliff@hones.org.uk>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: cp -rup fails if a file/directory exists
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:35:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55ECDBB9.3080209@hones.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA4D3A18D8884B79941CA26190CE3636@2600kPC>
On 06/09/2015 22:16, Arthur Schwarz wrote:
> cp -rup dir /h/ works for version 8.23-4 but for version 8.24-1 it produces
> an error " cannot create directory '/h/dir': File exists", where 'dir' is a
> directory and '/h/' is a flash drive.
>
> Is there something I can do to force a save? I do not want to delete then
> save, I'd rather update a file/dir that exists or create a file/dir that
> doesn't.
>
> I've unsuccessfully looked for the cp update notice.
I think these are what you were looking for:
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-08/msg00472.html
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-08/msg00485.html
coreutils version 8.24-3 probably fixes your problem.
-- Cliff
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