what version of windows are you using? Win9x is particularly bad about returning incorrect return codes. Of course what win9x returns is a 0 not a 1 in my experience. This is because Windows really does not use a return code like UNIX does. Windows returns a 0 in pretty much all conditions. When I am writing code for Windows9x I never depend on the return code, it is usually wrong.
what are the servers NT , UNIX and Samba, AIX and cifs? On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:57:23AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone explan to me why "cp - /cygdrive/x/file /cygdrive/y/file" returns a >status of 1? > > Both drives are mapped drives and are on different servers. Comparing bytes through >Explorer indicates source and destination files are identical. Cygwin is set up with >"binmode" as the default. > > Thanks! > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ... Wayne Willcox I will not eat green eggs and ham [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will not eat them Sam I Am!! A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. -- Chinese proverb -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
