X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 16:13:46 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: chmod fails for MS-DOS style path in cygwin 1.7.2-2 Message-ID: <20100401141346.GE18364@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <659733.98534.qm@web94508.mail.in2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <659733.98534.qm@web94508.mail.in2.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Apr 1 14:09, prakash babu wrote: > I am using cygwin 1.7.2-2 and chmod fails for MS-DOS style path with the following error message. > > eg: chmod 755 C:\\FileName >   > cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path detected: C:\FileName > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/FileName > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning. > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames >   > This used to work in cygwin 1.5 .  >   > Is there any workaround available for this currently ? >   > Is this a bug in 1.7 which will be fixed in the upcoming versions ? It's a deliberate change, see http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2010-03/msg00018.html "Handle native DOS paths always as if mounted with "posix=0,noacl". Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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