[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to do automated backups with a cron job in cygwin and am > running into permissions issues. (I'm using XP Pro). > > When I run this command from the shell, it works fine -- no errors: > > /bin/cp -uvdR My\ Documents/ /f/Documents\ and\ Settings/Matt/ [snip]
Isn't "My Documents" just a link created by Windows when you log in and destroyed when you log out? Why don't you change "My Documents" to [guessing] /c/Documents\ and\ Settings/Matt/My\ Documents ? HTH -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
