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Date: | Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:26:52 +0100 |
From: | Cliff Hones <cliff AT hones DOT org DOT uk> |
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Subject: | Re: Cannot write files if they are hidden |
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Dave Korn wrote: > ----Original Message---- > >>From: Thrall, Bryan >>Sent: 22 July 2005 17:01 > > >>Dave Korn wrote: >> >>>----Original Message---- >>> >>>>From: Thrall, Bryan >>>>Sent: 22 July 2005 16:26 >>> >>>>Is there any reason why a file should *not* be written to if it has >>>>the Hidden attribute? >>> >>> Because it's hidden. HTH! >>> >>> >>> cheers, >>> DaveK >>>-- >>>Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... >> >>Ah, but then Cygwin shouldn't find it to read in the first place, right? > > > Nope. HTH! I'm not aware of what the intended behaviour in Cygwin is - but it seems the current behaviour is inconsistent and unexpected (at least by me). I would have expected the hidden attribute to either be ignored, or to result in behaviour similar to Unix/Posix ".<name>" files [ie not showing by default in directory listings, but access unaffected by the attribute.] It seems that at the moment a windows hidden file is listed by "ls", can be read and appended to, but cannot be replaced. -- Cliff -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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