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Re: cp (coreutils) 5.2.1 Corrupts Binary File
Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:
>
> On Mar 2 03:52, Vincent Rowley wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We found that cp corrupts binary files which is quite embarrassing...
> >
> > peugeot[/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32]> cp notepad.exe notepad_copy.exe
> > peugeot[/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32]> diff notepad.exe notepad_copy.exe
> > Files notepad.exe and notepad_copy.exe differ
> >
> > Please find attached the output of cygcheck -s -v -r .
> >
> > Is anyone had this issue? Is there any workaround?
>
> I just tried it on binmode and textmode mounts and in all combinations
> from binmode to textmoe and vice versa. In no case I could reproduce
> your above observation.
>
> Are you sure you ran Cygwin's cp and diff?
>
> Corinna
>
Hi Corinna,
Yes I am. And I did it again using the full path to the executable
(c:/apps/cygwin being my Cygwin installation directory).
peugeot[/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32]> c:/apps/cygwin/bin/cp notepad.exe
notepad_copy.exe
peugeot[/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32]> c:/apps/cygwin/bin/diff notepad.exe
notepad_copy.exe
Files notepad.exe and notepad_copy.exe differ
Do you think it has to do with the fact that I installed Cygwin to use files
in DOS mode (in one of the first tab of the Setup.exe application)?
Have you found anything suspect in my cygcheck log?
Vincent
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