The system in question is disconnected from the internet and has no write to cd etc capability.
That said, here is the output of the command you suggested: For the drive that works: Device Type : 7 Characteristics : 10 Max Filenamelength : 255 Filesystemname : <NTFS> Flags : 4002b FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH : TRUE FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES : TRUE FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK : FALSE FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS : TRUE FILE_FILE_COMPRESSION : FALSE FILE_VOLUME_QUOTAS : TRUE FILE_SUPPORTS_SPARSE_FILES : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_REPARSE_POINTS: FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_REMOTE_STORAGE: FALSE FILE_VOLUME_IS_COMPRESSED : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_ENCRYPTION : FALSE FILE_NAMED_STREAMS : TRUE FILE_READ_ONLY_VOLUME : FALSE FILE_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_ONCE : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS : FALSE For the drive that doesn't: Device Type : 7 Characteristics : 10 Max Filenamelength : 255 Filesystemname : <NTFS> Flags : 4004f FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH : TRUE FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES : TRUE FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK : TRUE FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS : TRUE FILE_FILE_COMPRESSION : FALSE FILE_VOLUME_QUOTAS : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_SPARSE_FILES : TRUE FILE_SUPPORTS_REPARSE_POINTS: FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_REMOTE_STORAGE: FALSE FILE_VOLUME_IS_COMPRESSED : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_ENCRYPTION : FALSE FILE_NAMED_STREAMS : TRUE FILE_READ_ONLY_VOLUME : FALSE FILE_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_ONCE : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS : FALSE The cygwin site specifically says there is no such thing as a version of cygwin (http://cygwin.com/faq.html). When I use the uname -a command I get the result: CYGWIN_NT-5.2-WOW64 almaden 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin -Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Eric Blake [mailto:ebl...@redhat.com] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 1:59 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com; Roe, Kevin L. Subject: Re: "cp: skipping file 'file.txt', as it was replaced while being copied" According to Roe, Kevin L. on 3/5/2010 2:48 PM: > I am getting the (apparently) classic error: "cp: skipping file 'file.txt', > as it was replaced while being copied" > > It only occurs on a network drive (netapp, nfs), but not on another > network drive (mac server, samba shares) More details about the suspect drive would be nice: /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo /cygdrive/$drive > Has this problem been resolved? Can I just install the latest production > version of cygwin to fix it? Hard to tell without more details (what version are you currently running, to know if you even can upgrade?). Help us help you: > Problem reports: http://*cygwin.com/problems.html -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://*libvirt.org -- 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