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Why is the `cp` command giving me “will not create hard link” messages when I never asked it to create links?
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I recently ran the command cp --update --verbose -r ./* "E:Backup m.d.y"
and now I am seeing messages like this appear:
cp: will not create hard link `E:Backup m.d.y/Python
Programs/PracticalTheoremProverSite/ptp-site/node_modules/memory-fs/node_modules/readable-stream/doc/wg-meetings'
to directory `E:Backup
m.d.y/CS189/Code/final-project/.git/objects/89'
Why is the copy command printing messages like this? What do these two locations even have to do with one another?
command-line cp
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I recently ran the command cp --update --verbose -r ./* "E:Backup m.d.y"
and now I am seeing messages like this appear:
cp: will not create hard link `E:Backup m.d.y/Python
Programs/PracticalTheoremProverSite/ptp-site/node_modules/memory-fs/node_modules/readable-stream/doc/wg-meetings'
to directory `E:Backup
m.d.y/CS189/Code/final-project/.git/objects/89'
Why is the copy command printing messages like this? What do these two locations even have to do with one another?
command-line cp
Which shell are you using? Bash doesn't use E:Backup and PowerShell doesn't have things likeverbose
– phuclv
22 hours ago
Command Prompt is what I'm using
– Pro Q
4 hours ago
no, there's nocp
in cmd, unless you put cygwin's path into your path. But even in that casecp
is a Unix tool and it won't accept a Windows path likeE:Backup
– phuclv
2 hours ago
Oh, so this is some weird thing that only magically happens to work probably because I have the Windows Subsystem for Linux installed on my machine, and somehow that allows me to use the command in Command Prompt? Weird...
– Pro Q
2 hours ago
1
of course it'll work but not as you expected.E:Backup m.d.y
is a file named exactly like that in the current directory, because:
is a valid character in Unix file names, andB
is some invalid escape which will be treated as literalB
, and
– phuclv
2 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
I recently ran the command cp --update --verbose -r ./* "E:Backup m.d.y"
and now I am seeing messages like this appear:
cp: will not create hard link `E:Backup m.d.y/Python
Programs/PracticalTheoremProverSite/ptp-site/node_modules/memory-fs/node_modules/readable-stream/doc/wg-meetings'
to directory `E:Backup
m.d.y/CS189/Code/final-project/.git/objects/89'
Why is the copy command printing messages like this? What do these two locations even have to do with one another?
command-line cp
I recently ran the command cp --update --verbose -r ./* "E:Backup m.d.y"
and now I am seeing messages like this appear:
cp: will not create hard link `E:Backup m.d.y/Python
Programs/PracticalTheoremProverSite/ptp-site/node_modules/memory-fs/node_modules/readable-stream/doc/wg-meetings'
to directory `E:Backup
m.d.y/CS189/Code/final-project/.git/objects/89'
Why is the copy command printing messages like this? What do these two locations even have to do with one another?
command-line cp
command-line cp
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Which shell are you using? Bash doesn't use E:Backup and PowerShell doesn't have things likeverbose
– phuclv
22 hours ago
Command Prompt is what I'm using
– Pro Q
4 hours ago
no, there's nocp
in cmd, unless you put cygwin's path into your path. But even in that casecp
is a Unix tool and it won't accept a Windows path likeE:Backup
– phuclv
2 hours ago
Oh, so this is some weird thing that only magically happens to work probably because I have the Windows Subsystem for Linux installed on my machine, and somehow that allows me to use the command in Command Prompt? Weird...
– Pro Q
2 hours ago
1
of course it'll work but not as you expected.E:Backup m.d.y
is a file named exactly like that in the current directory, because:
is a valid character in Unix file names, andB
is some invalid escape which will be treated as literalB
, and
– phuclv
2 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
Which shell are you using? Bash doesn't use E:Backup and PowerShell doesn't have things likeverbose
– phuclv
22 hours ago
Command Prompt is what I'm using
– Pro Q
4 hours ago
no, there's nocp
in cmd, unless you put cygwin's path into your path. But even in that casecp
is a Unix tool and it won't accept a Windows path likeE:Backup
– phuclv
2 hours ago
Oh, so this is some weird thing that only magically happens to work probably because I have the Windows Subsystem for Linux installed on my machine, and somehow that allows me to use the command in Command Prompt? Weird...
– Pro Q
2 hours ago
1
of course it'll work but not as you expected.E:Backup m.d.y
is a file named exactly like that in the current directory, because:
is a valid character in Unix file names, andB
is some invalid escape which will be treated as literalB
, and
– phuclv
2 hours ago
Which shell are you using? Bash doesn't use E:Backup and PowerShell doesn't have things like
verbose
– phuclv
22 hours ago
Which shell are you using? Bash doesn't use E:Backup and PowerShell doesn't have things like
verbose
– phuclv
22 hours ago
Command Prompt is what I'm using
– Pro Q
4 hours ago
Command Prompt is what I'm using
– Pro Q
4 hours ago
no, there's no
cp
in cmd, unless you put cygwin's path into your path. But even in that case cp
is a Unix tool and it won't accept a Windows path like E:Backup
– phuclv
2 hours ago
no, there's no
cp
in cmd, unless you put cygwin's path into your path. But even in that case cp
is a Unix tool and it won't accept a Windows path like E:Backup
– phuclv
2 hours ago
Oh, so this is some weird thing that only magically happens to work probably because I have the Windows Subsystem for Linux installed on my machine, and somehow that allows me to use the command in Command Prompt? Weird...
– Pro Q
2 hours ago
Oh, so this is some weird thing that only magically happens to work probably because I have the Windows Subsystem for Linux installed on my machine, and somehow that allows me to use the command in Command Prompt? Weird...
– Pro Q
2 hours ago
1
1
of course it'll work but not as you expected.
E:Backup m.d.y
is a file named exactly like that in the current directory, because :
is a valid character in Unix file names, and B
is some invalid escape which will be treated as literal B
, and
is also valid in file names in Unix– phuclv
2 hours ago
of course it'll work but not as you expected.
E:Backup m.d.y
is a file named exactly like that in the current directory, because :
is a valid character in Unix file names, and B
is some invalid escape which will be treated as literal B
, and
is also valid in file names in Unix– phuclv
2 hours ago
|
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Which shell are you using? Bash doesn't use E:Backup and PowerShell doesn't have things like
verbose
– phuclv
22 hours ago
Command Prompt is what I'm using
– Pro Q
4 hours ago
no, there's no
cp
in cmd, unless you put cygwin's path into your path. But even in that casecp
is a Unix tool and it won't accept a Windows path likeE:Backup
– phuclv
2 hours ago
Oh, so this is some weird thing that only magically happens to work probably because I have the Windows Subsystem for Linux installed on my machine, and somehow that allows me to use the command in Command Prompt? Weird...
– Pro Q
2 hours ago
1
of course it'll work but not as you expected.
E:Backup m.d.y
is a file named exactly like that in the current directory, because:
is a valid character in Unix file names, andB
is some invalid escape which will be treated as literalB
, and– phuclv
2 hours ago