[ -w filename ] returns true when permissions are -r--r--r--

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 7/20/2011 2:07 PM, Reid Thompson wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 14:05 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote:
>> Is this broken?  Or a known windows/cygwin discrepancy?  Or am I missing
>> something with my posix/windows file permissions settings
>>
>> reid.thompson@ws-jrt ~
>> $ ls -rlt afile
>> -r--r--r-- 1 reid.thompson Domain Users 6 2011-07-20 14:02 afile
>>
>> reid.thompson@ws-jrt ~
>> $ if [ -w afile ]; then   echo " file is writeable"; else   echo " file
>> is not writeable"; fi
>>   file is writeable
>>
>
> $ uname -r
> 1.7.7(0.230/5/3)

Works fine for me with 1.7.9.  Upgrading may help.  You also should
check the filesystem you're on.  Local NTFS is your best bet here.

-- 
Larry

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