chmod fails for MS-DOS style path in cygwin 1.7.2-2
Corinna Vinschen
corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Thu Apr 1 14:13:00 GMT 2010
On Apr 1 14:09, prakash babu wrote:
> I am using cygwin 1.7.2-2 and chmod fails for MS-DOS style path with the following error message.
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> eg: chmod 755 C:\\FileName
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> cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path detected: C:\FileName
> Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/FileName
> CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
> Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
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> This used to work in cygwin 1.5 .Â
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> Is there any workaround available for this currently ?
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> Is this a bug in 1.7 which will be fixed in the upcoming versions ?
It's a deliberate change, see
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2010-03/msg00018.html
"Handle native DOS paths always as if mounted with "posix=0,noacl".
Corinna
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