On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 06:38:13PM +0000, Pere Camps wrote: > > No, there is probably not. It comes from the fact that cp tries to set > > some permissions on the destination file. That is actually not possible > > for VFAT. > > That's a sensible explanation. > > > (I would prefer VFAT to silently ignore that) > > Me too.
Yes, "quiet" in the options line does this IIRC. "zip" for example encounters the same problem when creating a zip on FAT/VFAT, and removes the created zip file! Most annoying. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org