Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <002f01beeb4d$7a76d590$bb05480c@hxzcw> From: "Paul Johnston" To: Subject: newbie chmod woes -- fixed Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:49:18 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 I just downloaded cygwin (GNU bash, version 2.02.1(2)-release (i586-pc-cygwin32), running on NT4sp4/NTFS) -- most things working fine, but I couldn't seem to coerce chmod to work. $ chmod a+x myScript returns silent, but has no apparent effect. Searched the user guide/archives, found: $ set CYGWIN=ntea ...as possible solution, however was not successful for me. Although $ set | grep CYG shows the set environment variable OK, $ env | grep CYG shows nothing. However: $ export CYGWIN=ntea now shows up in $ env, and chmod is now working. As a cygwin / bash newbie, I don't have a good grasp why one worked and the other didn't, but at least it worked. So, I thought I'd post this to the list to put it in the archives. A better place is a 'faq-o-matic', but I don't know of one for this project. Would be a good idea though. --paul -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com