X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B15556A.4080108@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:42:02 +0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Nasty permissions / pathing bug on 1.7 References: <4B12FB72.9090206@x-ray.at> <270B141F0B5B480C9A668369AA2C53A3@liv3dworkpc> <5E63D05B501C4339A7D7F8909505E828@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5E63D05B501C4339A7D7F8909505E828@multiplay.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 Steven Hartland wrote: > Just to be 100% clear its not the fact that the script errors, its the fact > that the permissions after the initial DOS pathed chmod doesn't actually > set the permissions correctly and doesn't throw any error. Also, it's not just perl, you can reproduce it in a shell: > $ ls -l /tmp/test.exe > ls: cannot access /tmp/test.exe: No such file or directory > > $ touch /tmp/test.exe > > $ ls -l /tmp/test.exe > -rw-r--r-- 1 DKAdmin None 0 2009-12-01 17:36 /tmp/test.exe > > $ cygpath -w /tmp/test.exe > F:\cygwin-1.7\tmp\test.exe > > $ chmod 777 'F:/cygwin-1.7/tmp/test.exe' > > $ echo $? > 0 > > $ ls -l /tmp/test.exe > -rw-r--r-- 1 DKAdmin None 0 2009-12-01 17:36 /tmp/test.exe > I found a clue, but I don't know what it means: > $ ls -l 'F:/cygwin-1.7/tmp/test.exe' > -rwxr-xr-x 1 DKAdmin None 0 2009-12-01 17:36 F:/cygwin-1.7/tmp/test.exe > > $ ls -l 'F:\cygwin-1.7\tmp\test.exe' > -rwxr-xr-x 1 DKAdmin None 0 2009-12-01 17:36 F:\cygwin-1.7\tmp\test.exe > > $ And no, I don't know why I didn't get the warning. I have nothing in my $CYGWIN. cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple