X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Andrew DeFaria Subject: Re: A FAQ regarding defrag and permissions of nonadmin files? Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:35:00 -0700 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <47FADE53.1DFBEE53@dessent.net> <47FAEF8D.24725E79@dessent.net> <47FAFB2C.F289B878@dessent.net> <47FB21EB.8D24A913@dessent.net> <009d01c89992$539640d0$2708a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) In-Reply-To: X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Gmane User wrote: > Arg. Andrew. My thread TITTTL'd! :( Again, I don't subscribe to the "talk list". > I thought this was cygwin related because all the affected files are > mostly involved with my use of Cygwin. And normal Windows users > don't go about finangling file permissions in the manner that unix > users do. Hence (I thought) they won't often encounter similar issues > with defrag related to permissions. However, no one else has chimed > in about similar problems, so perhaps the problem goes beyond cygwin > and unix file permissions on a Windows box. That last statement should tell ya something. Like perhaps most people don't go dillying with their permissions.... > Just as a wrap-up, however, can a few people please say whether they > actually set their nonadmin files to go-rwx, and are actually able to > defrag their whole disk without stubborn user files? OK, I've never bothered to do go-rwx on any files. I use the regular, comes with Windows, defrag tool. Works fine - never complains. There's a data point for you. > I don't even know whether I'm an exception in this practice of setting > file permissions, aside from the defrag problem. Actually you do know - the fact that nobody's chiming in should be a clear clue that nobody else is having this problem. -- Andrew DeFaria Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? -- 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/