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Re: chmod
The only interface with Cygwin that actually works is the bash console, I'm
sorry for the mistake. Looking at the sae file with Windows Explorer it is
possible, however, to change the attributes, but not with chmod, That's
looks strange, but I didn't found any way to solve the problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Ford" <ford@vss.fsi.com>
To: "Cygwin list" <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>; "Lorenzo Travaglio"
<lorenzo.travaglio@fastwebnet.it>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: chmod
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lorenzo Travaglio wrote:
>
> > I've sent to myself from my office a little bash program. With Xterm it
is
> > impossible to change the peremissions even if 'chmod -v' says that new
> > permissions have take place. I have no idea about, do you have one?
> >
> You mean you can change the permissions in a bash console window with
> chmod, but not with chmod from an Xterm?
>
> More likely, you are running an NT variant at work and 9x at home? See:
>
> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC45 and
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#OV-HI-PERM
>
> In that case, this is not Xfree86 related, so next time please use the
> main cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list. Also, see:
>
> http://www.cygwin.com/problems.html
>
> for how to report this issue correctly so that someone can answer without
> guessing. Thanks.
>
> --
> Brian Ford
> Senior Realtime Software Engineer
> VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
> FlightSafety International
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