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Re: Weird bug with cp -f [solution that works for me]
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 18:10:53 +0200
- Subject: Re: Weird bug with cp -f [solution that works for me]
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On Oct 5 08:48, Brian Dessent wrote:
> I guess it's been a while since "Peter Norton" had f-all to do with
> actually writing the software. Although back in the early 90s his "PC
> Tools" or whatever it was called were pretty useful. Can't say I'm a
> fan of the stuff now though. Seems like it's standard practise to take
> firewall software (which you would think could be made light and
> efficient since it's just packetfiltering after all) and turn it into a
> bloated steaming pile of eyecandy-laiden goo. What _are_ all those tens
> of megabytes of install data for????
Brian, that bright red GUI with green characters, playing the national
anthem of choice was also made for *you*! All that ingratitude is sooo
disappointing...
Corinna