Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: cp fails in this symlink case, kernel 2.4.25, reiserfs + ext2 | From | Dave Kleikamp <> | Date | Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:16:15 -0500 |
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On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 12:35, Martin Rode wrote: > 5) cp fails > apu:/home/martin/tmp/bug# (cd alpha/beta; cp ../latest/myfile .) > cp: cannot stat `../latest/myfile': No such file or directory
When you cd to alpha/beta, your current directory is really .../tmp/bug/beta. Your shell may remember that you got there through the symlink in alpha, but cp will follow .., which is really bug.
-- David Kleikamp IBM Linux Technology Center
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