OK, first off, I'm on Win32 (XP) using 5.3 of coreutils. I have been knocking my head on this and I'm feeling *really* stupid. I swear, I'm unix literate, but I can't seem to get the following to work without cheating:
cp -uvp "c:\dir with space\long path\*" k:\path I call this "cheating": (though it works) cp -uvp c:\dirwit~1\longpa~1\* l:\path this also works: cp -uvp "c:\dir with space\long path\filename" k:\path The problem seems to crop up when using wildcards in a path enclosed by quotes. The exact error that cp gives is that it can't stat the path, so it's an invalid argument.(it does echo back the escaped path -- c:\\dir with space\\long path\\*) I haven't been able to find much of anything in the documentation that specifically addresses the windows implementation...and I didn't see anything in the bug archives. Am I missing something *really* obvious, or have I tripped across an old bug? (this behavior is consistent with coreutils 5.2.1 and the older fileutils versions). Thanks in advance! -adin -- First, Do No Harm. Second, Do Good. --unknown _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
