Crossing Mount Point Problem ... "no such file" errors

[Bridges, Kevin]

Title: Crossing Mount Point Problem ... "no such file" errors





Hello,


I am having difficulty getting cygwin to reference files that cross
cygwin mount points.  In a variety of different scenarios, I am
receiving "No such file or directory" messages.  I first started
seeing this, trying to resolve a perl script from a networked drive.
Later, I discovered that I could receive the same error (presumably)
from the tar command ... a more isolated environment ... eliminating
perl from the equation.


Back on 1/2/2000 Steven N. Hirsch highlighted what I believe is the
same problem ... but I have not seen any resolution to his inquiry.
Steven attributed this to the CD version, but I am having the problem
with a copy downloaded from the web.


I am running cygwin 20.1 on NT 4.00.1381.


Here is a scenario that very simply highlights the problem:


My current mounts are as follows:


   SYS915:/> mount
   Device                  Directory  Type    Flags
   q:\CoeDI                /coe       native  text!=binary
   C:                      /          native  text!=binary


Note 1: Drive q: is network mounted to \\sys724\SuiteSpot.
Note 2: I have tried performing mounts directly to \\sys724\SuiteSpot 
        with the same results.
Note 3: I have a /tmp directory
Note 4: I have a /bin with a copy of sh.exe


If I do a tar of the network mount, where it is fully qualified
(i.e. /coe/src) it works fine ...


   SYS915:/> tar cvf ~/temp.tar /coe/src
   tar: Removing leading `/' from absolute path names in the archive
   coe/src/
   coe/src/com/
   coe/src/com/agedwards/
   coe/src/com/agedwards/coe/
   coe/src/com/agedwards/coe/tempProj1/
   coe/src/com/agedwards/coe/tempProj1/makefile
   coe/src/com/agedwards/coe/tempProj1/Temp1.java
   ... etc.


However, if my tar of the network mount is relative (i.e. coe/src)
... crossing mount points, I receive the "No such file or directory"
errors:
   
   SYS915:/> tar cvf ~/temp.tar coe/src
   coe/src/
   coe/src/com/
   coe/src/com/agedwards/
   coe/src/com/agedwards/coe/
   coe/src/com/agedwards/coe/tempProj1/
   tar: Cannot add file coe/src/com/agedwards/coe/tempProj1/makefile: No such file or directory
   tar: Cannot add file coe/src/com/agedwards/coe/tempProj1/Temp1.java: No such file or directory
   ... etc.


Any help and/or insight would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,
Kevin


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Kevin Bridges
  email: Kevin.Bridges@agedwards.com
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