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Re: mv directories
- From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: JGraham <jgraham at grahamguitars dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:21:04 -0400
- Subject: Re: mv directories
- References: <1081364548.5222.4.camel@Dark>
- Reply-to: Cygwin List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
At 03:02 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote:
>Just a quick note.
>if you are running linux, and have a vmware session open of XP with a
>cygwin console. And XP has a share mounted from the linux host via
>samba as say.. H: so, in cygwin it would be /cygdive/h. And you have
>a shortcut to that dive.... it's a bad idea to move a folder of backup
>files to that destination (ie "mv backup ../linuxshare/"). There will
>be no error message, and your data is gone...
>
>JGraham
Is VMWare a significant component or is it just the fact that you have a
"shortcut"? Is your "shortcut" created via Cygwin's "ls -s" or via
Windows?
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