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Date:	Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:15:49 +0200
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Subject:	Re: Error: unable to access or write to root dir: \cygdrive\e\7x27\1423_sp
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On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:57:39AM -0700, roshan_9052 wrote:
> roshan_9052 wrote:
> > I am trying to run a perl script that tries to create a new folder in t=
he
> > root directory cygdrive\e\7x27\1423_sp.But I keep getting the following
> > error.I am running this on a windows machine.Can someone help me to find
> > out the reason?
> > Error: unable to access or write to root dir: \cygdrive\e\7x27\1423_sp
>
> Did anyone face this problem?Pls reply

Can you provide a simple test case?
Can you use POSIX paths in your script (/cygdrive/e/7x27/1423_sp)?
Could you attach the output of

cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out

as described in http://cygwin.com/problems.html?

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