Re: Windows XP Pro vs Windows 2000

----- Message from "Bakken, Luke" <Luke.Bakken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Thu, 10
Nov 2005 17:24:52 -0500 -----
To:
"Walter A Poor Jr" <Walter_A_Poor_Jr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <beginners@xxxxxxxx>
Subject:
RE: Windows XP Pro vs Windows 2000
>Walter A Poor Jr wrote:
> > We have been using perl (ActiveState 5.8.6) on Windows 2000 PCs for a
> > year
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Any ideas on why "rename" now fails, and on how to fix the problem? I
> > have already reinstalled perl, but that did not help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Walt Poor

> This could be a problem with the permissions of the parent folder to the
> ones you are moving from and creating. Does it propagate the permissions
> properly?
>
> Luke

Problem solved: Luke asked a sequence of questions after the one shown
above,
and one of them eventually led me to the critical experiment. To save
bandwidth, I will not go into the details here, but will provide them to
anyone who sends me a note indicating interest.

Thanks,
Walt Poor

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