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Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:05:31 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 1.5.16-1: chmod problem
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On May  4 06:53, Pach Roman (GS-EC/ESA4) * wrote:
> I admit I'm stubborn about this topic but I'd like to propose 
> the change of chmod implementation.
> I thing, it would be nice if the 'chmod +/-w' would have in the discussed case the same
> functionality as the Windows' command 'attrib'.
> See please the appended screenshot.

Try the latest snapshot from http://www.cygwin.com/snapshots/.
I've tried to workaround a bug in chmod since it was originally meant
to work the way you suggest.  However, if you don't have the 
"write attribute" permission set in the file's ACL, you're out of luck.


Corinna

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