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Subject:	RE: Cannot write files if they are hidden
Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:42:31 -0500
Message-ID:	<297343D29C14AA4D822142893ABEAEF35B355E@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com>
From:	"Thrall, Bryan" <bryan DOT thrall AT flightsafety DOT com>
To:	"Cygwin List" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Larry Hall wrote:
> 
> I think it's fair to say that further discussion along the lines of
> whether Windows is smart or stupid to implement the hidden file
> semantics as it does is off-topic for this list.  Any further
> comments along these lines should be taken to the cygwin-talk list
> (if they could conceivably be linked to Cygwin in some way) or a
> Windows forum. 
> 

May we assume http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC when it comes to fixing
Windows's smartness/stupidity in this area?

Would such a patch be worth the effort to anyone?

-- 
Bryan Thrall
FlightSafety International
Bryan DOT Thrall AT flightsafety DOT com

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