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Date:      Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:35:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
To:        costa@cortx.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HELP: error copying directories
Message-ID:  <199809291735.NAA03453@lakes.dignus.com>
In-Reply-To: <000301bdebc4$1fd1c340$0401a8c0@costa.eclipse.net>

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> 
> running 2.2.7
> 
> i get an error when i try copying a directory to another location.
> 
> >cp -R man TESTCP
> cp: TESTCP/man1/TEST/TEST/TEST/TEST/TEST: name too long (not copied)
> 
> am i forgetting something? or is there a problem of some sort?
> 
> thanks!
> 
> -costa
> 
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 Make sure TEST isn't a symlink to itself... if it were, you would get
that problem...

	- Dave Rivers -

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