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 From: "Dave Korn" To: "'Cygwin List'" Subject: RE: Cannot write files if they are hidden Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:52:58 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <297343D29C14AA4D822142893ABEAEF35B355E@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com> Message-ID: ----Original Message---- >From: Thrall, Bryan >Sent: 22 July 2005 19:43 > Larry Hall wrote: >> >> I think it's fair to say that further discussion along the lines of >> whether Windows is smart or stupid to implement the hidden file >> semantics as it does is off-topic for this list. Any further >> comments along these lines should be taken to the cygwin-talk list >> (if they could conceivably be linked to Cygwin in some way) or a Windows >> forum. >> > > May we assume http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC when it comes to fixing > Windows's smartness/stupidity in this area? No, Microsoft don't accept patches from members of the public. HTH! cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/