> I can then cd and explore the bell labs sources via > plan9port, so that > works just fine. > > When I then try something like > > cp -ar sources/plan9/sys/src/ape ape > > I get an error stating: > unexpected open flags 0500000cp: can not open > ”sources/plan9/sys/src/ape/9src/mkfile” for reading: > Access denied
Give it a shot without the -a. I've had a lot of issues with the strange attribute flags in "modern" Unices. The issues have usually been when writing via 9p, but it's worth a try to see if that has anything to do with it. Any idea what the 0500000 flags indicate on your system? BLS