Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: <200505182118.j4ILIx7q012492@tigris.pounder.sol.net> From: cygwin AT trodman DOT com (Tom Rodman) To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: create new file from bash: with DACL, owner, & group as windows would In-reply-to: <428BA6E2.70B95230@dessent.net> References: <200505182013 DOT j4IKDBcF012257 AT tigris DOT pounder DOT sol DOT net> <428BA6E2 DOT 70B95230 AT dessent DOT net> Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:18:59 -0500 X-IsSubscribed: yes > $ CYGWIN=nontsec touch foo Thanks Brian, that should do it. On Wed 5/18/05 13??:34 PDT Brian wrote: > cygwin AT trodman DOT com wrote: > > > I like and depend on NTSEC, but sometimes I want pure windows behavior. > > > > How can I create a new file from the bash prompt without umask being > > honored- what I want is a script to create a new empty file, > > so the DACL, owner & group will be exactly what a user would > > get by running the below from a simple DOS prompt: > > > > echo.>foo > > > > The closest I've come from the bash prompt is: > > > > $ cmd /c 'echo.>foo' > > I think you're overcomplicating it...How about: > > $ CYGWIN=nontsec touch foo cleaner, works as well as my kloosh - still have to fix owner and group; good enough for me :-> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/