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From:	"Aaron Gray" <aaronngray DOT lists AT googlemail DOT com>
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Subject:	Fw: patch command giving permission denied
Date:	Sun, 1 Mar 2009 21:18:03 -0000
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On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Aaron Gray 
<aaronngray DOT lists AT googlemail DOT com> wrote:
>I am getting the following on executing the patch command :-
>
>  bash: /usr/bin/patch: Permission Denied
>
>It works on my other Vista machine okay (That is an Enterprise one rather 
>than a Home version)
>
>Anyone got any ideas why and how to fix it

It works fine on my other Vista Home machine.

It works okay if I run cygwin bash as an administrator.

Why is this machine behaving differently and how do I fix it ?

I tried reloading Cygwin from scratch, but that did not help.

Aaron 


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