Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 20:52:39 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cvs via Cygwin (W98) to FAT to Linux - permissions Message-ID: <20010627205239.D26445@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <01C0FF22.40700CF0.jorgens@coho.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <01C0FF22.40700CF0.jorgens@coho.net>; from jorgens@coho.net on Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:00:12PM -0700 On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:00:12PM -0700, Steve Jorgensen wrote: >I have a system with a wireless NIC that has not Linux support, so I want >to use cvs from Cygwin on Windows 98 to get files to the FAT volume, then >reboot to Linux and copy the files. I only need to deal with check-out, >not check-in It would be nice if there were some way to keep track of the >file permissions in this process. Of course, UMSDOS support under Cygwin >would take care of everything in both directions, but I'm thinking that's a >very big hammer for a very small problem, and I doubt anyone is chomping at >the bit to implement UMSDOS under Cygwin. I actually think that UMSDOS support for cygwin would be a pretty nifty thing to implement. I would love to see someone implement this. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/