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Date:	Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:12:58 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: 1.5.5.1 posix conformance for fopen
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On Mar  8 20:22, Ghanshyam wrote:
> 20A - When search permission is denied on a component of the
>       filename prefix, then a call to fopen(filename, type) returns a NULL pointer and sets
>       errno to [EACCES].
> In current implementation
> ****fopen is successful even if search permission is denied. 

Windows allows by default access to files without checking the directory
permissions of the parent directories.  The setting is "Bypass traverse
checking."

Corinna

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