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Re: strange cp behavior with (coreutils 5.2.1)


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According to Jane Doe on 2/8/2005 8:15 PM:
> $ net use \\\\shiva /u:shiva\\administrator
> $ cp //shiva/c\$/cvsmq/eqgame.h .
> cp: cannot open `//shiva/c$/cvsmq/eqgame.h.exe' for
> reading: No such file or directory
> 
> I think this used to work when cp was part of
> fileutils.  The file itself has owner (develop\dkaa)
> read permissions but Everyone has no explicit
> permissions.  Giving Everyone read permissions makes
> it work.

Could you please try the test release of coreutils-5.3.0-2 and see if the
issue is still there?  Are you complaining because the file should have
been accessible with your first approach, or because it should have been
inaccessible but the error message added '.exe'?

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