Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/07/16/06:25:49
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Jehan
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2002 2:15 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Permission denied on a windows share
>
>
> Robert Collins wrote:
> > IIRC cygwin reports based on the NTFS permission, but
> actually tries before
> > failing... but I suspect it's not consistent across the
> board on this.
>
> ah..., I'm not sure I get it there. Are you saying that if NTFS says
> that one doesn't have access to a file, then cygwin will still try to
> access it and then return failure if the attempt didn't succeed? Am I
> understanding correctly?
> If so, then why does cygwin fails on the attempt when Notepad succeed?
> Or maybe you mean that most of the time there is an attempt, but for
> whatever reason, the "open(.., O_WRONLY)", or whatever "cp" and "cat"
> are using, doesn't try?
I'm really saying you need to check the code. OR the strace log, or
both.
Rob
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