X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <469799B7.4010408@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:26:47 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: if [ -w branching: how to spot a locked USB stick References: <469715CF.7090105@bonhard.uklinux.net> <46977404.6070105@byu.net> <20070713130620.GT6851@calimero.vinschen.de> <46978595.5070605@byu.net> <20070713141526.GW6851@calimero.vinschen.de> <20070713142703.GC13962@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> In-Reply-To: <20070713142703.GC13962@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 04:15:26PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Jul 13 08:00, Eric Blake wrote: >>> According to Corinna Vinschen on 7/13/2007 7:06 AM: >>>>> Actually, this is a cygwin question. Bash's [ command only reports what >>>>> access("/h",W_OK) tells it to report, >>>> It's the latter. The fact that the USB stick is locked doesn't >>>> mean that the permission bits returned by the OS calls are augmented >>>> to reflect the fact that the stick is not writable. All permission >>>> bits are still intact. Only when actually trying to write to the device, >>>> you'll get the Win32 error message equivalent of EROFS. >>> But POSIX requires access(...,W_OK) to fail with EROFS on a read-only file >>> system. Is there any way for cygwin to easily determine this without >>> actually attempting a write? >> Not that I'm aware of. I added this to my TODO list. However, as >> usual, http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC. > > Why do I see another bullet item for the "Why is cygwin so slow" discussion > here? And the answer is "Windows is dumb"? ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/