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Subject: Re: Problems accessing c: root folder - permissions?
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abstractryan AT gmail DOT com wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
> I've searched for solutions to this problem and can remember running
> into it in the past. For some reason, something happened to my root
> dir on C: and im not sure how it happened exacty. When i go to
> /cygdrive/c/ and attempt an 'ls' ( or similar ) here's what I get....
> 
> $ ls
> ls: reading directory .: No such file or directory
> 
> however I can still access the directories in that directory if i
> specifically go into each directory. I'm thinking this is a permission
> problem on c: and i've changed it a few times with no success.
> 
> Any ideas?


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