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Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 04:13:03 -0500
From: Arturus Magi <sailorleo AT isonews2 DOT com>
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To: David Rasmussen <david DOT rasmussen AT gmx DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Executable flag
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David Rasmussen wrote:
> 
> Open cygwin. Write 'notepad test.txt'. Notepad opens, write something 
> and then save the file. Now do an ll. The file test.txt has been created 
> and has the executable flag set. I want it to not be set in such cases.
> 

Part of the reason for this is because on Windows the executable flag 
means more than just execution.  A number of dynamic use functions (the 
font manager, for one) require anything they operate with to be 
executable as well.  So *everything* gets set executable, and Windows 
utilities depend on the file extension to determine if a file is executable.

If you're poking directly as Windows APIs, like Cygwin does, that can be 
worked around, both to remove the need for +x in most cases and to allow 
+x files that do not use an extension legacy Windows treats as 
executable to be executed.

If you're using a Windows program that you didn't write yourself to 
ignore standard Windows conventions, there is no way to stop it.  Get 
used to using setacls or cacls a lot.

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