RE: cp doesnot copy in certain cases of slash (\)

Koduru, Seshasai wrote: Hi, Following is the test case: START- C:\c:\cygwin\bin\mkdir.exe -p c:\src c:\dst C:\c:\cygwin\bin\touch.exe c:\src\newfile C:\c:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe c:\src\newfile c:\dst /usr/bin/cp: cannot create regular file

cp doesnot copy in certain cases of slash (\)

Hi, Following is the test case: START- C:\c:\cygwin\bin\mkdir.exe -p c:\src c:\dst C:\c:\cygwin\bin\touch.exe c:\src\newfile C:\c:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe c:\src\newfile c:\dst /usr/bin/cp: cannot create regular file `c:\\dst/c:\\src\\newfile': No such file or directory

Re: cp doesnot copy in certain cases of slash (\)

Given that you are using cygwin binaries which assume a POSIX environment in a DOS environment, I am surprised that it ever works. Koduru, Seshasai wrote: Hi, Following is the test case: START- C:\c:\cygwin\bin\mkdir.exe -p c:\src c:\dst C:\c:\cygwin\bin\touch.exe