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1.7.2 cp -al works inconsistently


Hi,

since upgrade to 1.7 my rsnapshot backups do not create symlinks any longer. It seems "cp -al" does behave differently, as discussed in

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-03/msg00149.html

What I don't understand is why sometimes links are created, for example for file Nokia*, but not for file M.

5629499534227716 -rwxrwxrwx 1 ac Domain Users 2576388 2006-02-10 17:24 M
2814749767121157 -rwxrwxrwx 1 ac Domain Users 2576388 2006-02-10 17:24 Mal
18577348462904629 -rwxrwxrwx 4 ac Domain Users 98302544 2010-02-16 15:27 Nal.exe
18577348462904629 -rwxrwxrwx 4 ac Domain Users 98302544 2010-02-16 15:27 Nal2.exe
18577348462904629 -rwxrwxrwx 4 ac Domain Users 98302544 2010-02-16 15:27 Nal3.exe
18577348462904629 -rwxrwxrwx 4 ac Domain Users 98302544 2010-02-16 15:27 Nokia_Ovi_Suite_webinstaller_ALL.exe
3096224743818459 -rw-r--r-- 1 ac Domain Users 10 2010-04-02 09:35 x
2251799813686573 -rw-r--r-- 1 ac Domain Users 10 2010-04-02 09:35 xal


From an rxvt window:

  514  export CYGWIN=nowinsymlinks
  515  cp -al Nokia_Ovi_Suite_webinstaller_ALL.exe Nal
  516  ls -il
  517  cp -al Nokia_Ovi_Suite_webinstaller_ALL.exe Nal2
  518  ls -il
  519  rm Mal
  520  cp -al M Mal
  521  ls -il
  522  cp -al Nokia_Ovi_Suite_webinstaller_ALL.exe Nal3
  523  ls -il
  524  rm x*
  525  echo asdfasdfa > x
  526  cp -al x xal
  527  ls -il

Ubuntu live creates links as expected on this NTFS disk.

many tks for your help
Christian





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