From: b DOT dautrevaux AT usa DOT net (Bernard DAUTREVAUX) Subject: FW: CHMOD not changing mode 10 Dec 1998 04:24:02 -0800 Message-ID: <01BE238F.04BEC820.b.dautrevaux.cygnus.gnu-win32@usa.net> Reply-To: "b DOT dautrevaux AT usa DOT net" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: "GnuWin32 Mailing list (Adresse de messagerie)" > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Hirmke [SMTP:mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de] > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 21:31 > To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Re: CHMOD not changing mode > > Hi Brian, > > [...] > >I am trying to change the mode of a file to 777 using "chmod -v 777 > >output.dat" > >Chmod reports: > >"mode of output.dat changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx)" > >But the file mode does not change, as evidenced by an ls -l. > > > >Any tricks or simple solutions? > > Sure you are using the Cygnus chmod ? > This one normally doesn't tell you that it has changed mode. > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Brian > > Bye. > Michael. Effectively, cygwin chmod does not print anything, but does not DO anything either: bash-2.02$ ls -l mccR.c -rw-r--r-- 1 544 IngTnieu 432 Dec 9 11:24 mccR.c bash-2.02$ chmod a+rwx mccR.c bash-2.02$ ls -l mccR.c -rw-r--r-- 1 544 IngTnieu 432 Dec 9 11:24 mccR.c bash-2.02$ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-4.0 PC35 20.1 (0.3/1/1) 1998-12-3 20:39:18 i586 unknown bash-2.02$ type chmod chmod is hashed (/Cygnus/Cygwin-B20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin/chmod) bash-2.02$ cygcheck /Cygnus/Cygwin-B20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin/chmod.exe /Cygnus/Cygwin-B20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin/chmod.exe /Cygnus/Cygwin-B20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin\cygwin1.dll C:\WINNT\System32\advapi32.dll C:\WINNT\System32\ntdll.dll C:\WINNT\System32\KERNEL32.dll C:\WINNT\System32\USER32.dll C:\WINNT\System32\GDI32.dll C:\WINNT\System32\RPCRT4.dll Any idea someone? Regards, Bernard, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bernard Dautrevaux Microprocess Ingéniérie 97 bis, rue de Colombes 92400 COURBEVOIE FRANCE Tel: +33 (0) 1 47 68 80 80 Fax: +33 (0) 1 47 88 97 85 e-mail: b. dautrevaux AT usa DOT net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".