2009/12/13 Christian Franke: > 'cp' does not unlink() before overwriting an existing file, it tries to > overwrite the data in place. This also fails on *nix, typically with "Text > file busy". > 'mv' only modifies the link between file name in directory and file data. > The OS can keep the old data (inode) until the exe terminates.
That makes plenty of sense. Thanks, Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
