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AW: 1.5.16-1: chmod problem


Hello Corinna,
it's running now !!!
Thanks you very much for your fast reaction.
Roman

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von Corinna Vinschen
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Mai 2005 11:06
An: cygwin@cygwin.com
Betreff: Re: 1.5.16-1: chmod problem


On May  4 06:53, Pach Roman (GS-EC/ESA4) * wrote:
> I admit I'm stubborn about this topic but I'd like to propose 
> the change of chmod implementation.
> I thing, it would be nice if the 'chmod +/-w' would have in the discussed case the same
> functionality as the Windows' command 'attrib'.
> See please the appended screenshot.

Try the latest snapshot from http://www.cygwin.com/snapshots/.
I've tried to workaround a bug in chmod since it was originally meant
to work the way you suggest.  However, if you don't have the 
"write attribute" permission set in the file's ACL, you're out of luck.


Corinna

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