X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:38:27 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Shell scripts on FAT volumes Message-ID: <20070821153827.GL23854@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20070821150031.GK23854@calimero.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070821150031.GK23854@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Aug 21 17:00, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Aug 21 15:37, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > [Cygwin latest snapshot] > > > > I just noticed (on two different Windows XP) Cygwin installation that > > Shebang shell scripts are not executable on FAT32 volumes > > [...] > > Is that expected behaviour? > > Right now, yes. I have disabled code which sets the x bit by reading > the first bytes of a file to figure out if it starts with magic chars > like '#!'. The reason I disabled this code in the first place is the > fact that it's not thread safe. I just applied a patch which re-enables this code in a thread safe manner. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/