[Mingw-users] ... will not create hard link ...

[Perschak, Thomas]

Hi,

 

what does it mean when cp is telling me:

 

cp -pr sourcedir/module/dsp destdir/

cp: will not create hard link `/e/CM/tcltk85/rcompile/dsp/NetBeans/tclVect/nbproject' to directory `/e/CM/tcltk85/rcompile/dsp/lib/el/Demod/other'

 

Most of the files and directories are copied ... but some give me that error.

 

When I pass the -f option it seems to work, but since the destination dir is empty I find it misterious that it fails.

 

thx

 

[Earnie Boyd]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Perschak, Thomas
<thomas....@siemens.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what does it mean when cp is telling me:
>
> cp -pr sourcedir/module/dsp destdir/
> cp: will not create hard link
> `/e/CM/tcltk85/rcompile/dsp/NetBeans/tclVect/nbproject' to directory
> `/e/CM/tcltk85/rcompile/dsp/lib/el/Demod/other'
>

Somehow you have a NTFS directory that is marked as a hardlink and in
POSIX you cannot hardlink a directory, that is reserved for files so
MSYS gives an error.

> Most of the files and directories are copied ... but some give me that
> error.
>
> When I pass the -f option it seems to work, but since the destination dir is
> empty I find it misterious that it fails.

The -f (force) option just says "if an existing destination file
cannot be opened, remove it and try again". I'm thinking it should
have still failed and given an error message in this case but your
case is strange to POSIX.

--
Earnie
-- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd

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