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From:	"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi AT InspirePharm DOT Com>
To:	"Lamb, Ronald F." <RLamb AT wcom DOT net>, <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	RE: LessTif 0.89.9 tar.gz file
Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:23:09 -0500
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> lesstif-0.89.9-cygwin-v1.1.tar.gz was the file I was trying to untar.
> I just mistyped the filename.
> 
> Yes, I am logged in as an administrator, the same account I have
> been using for other installs including X11.
> 
> I tried running the command as a non administrator and get even worse
> problems.
> 
> Just to try it I deleted the files where it said no permission and
> everything worked, strange.  Its almost as if those files were already
> sitting around but the permissions weren't right.

Maybe you had an older version of LessTif in that directory 
and files were marked read-only?

Suhaib


> 
> Ron
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suhaib M. Siddiqi [mailto:ssiddiqi AT InspirePharm DOT Com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 12:26 PM
> To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> Subject: Re: LessTif 0.89.9 tar.gz file
> 
> 
> I just untarred the lesstif0.89.9 tar-ball which I redistbute via
> lesstif Organization.  It untars without problems.
> 
> tar -zxvfp lesstif-0.89.9-cygwin-v1.1.tar.gz
> 
> >From where did you get lesstif0.89.9.tar.gz.  There is no such file
> on our LessTif Ftp server?
> 
> Anyhow looking at the first few lines of your error messages, 
> it is rather
> a read/write permission problem on your Windows machine.  Are you
> on Windows NT, if so are you logged in as admin? Try loging in as a user
> and extract under user account.
> 
> Regards
> Suhaib

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