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<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>.  Reformatted.

Stephen Grant Brown wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" 
> <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.


> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 8:17 AM
> Subject: Re: ncftpbatch log entry
> 
> 
>> Stephen Grant Brown wrote:
>>> Hi There,
>>> When I run ncftpbatch from within ncftp I get the following error
>>>
>>> 2006-09-16 21:06:50     [001296] | Could not write to 
>>> local-dir=/cygdrive/e/Docu
>>> ments and Settings/All Users/Documents/KCM: Permission denied
>>>
>>> What are my options for writing to this directory?
>>>
>>> Yours Sincerely Stephen Grant Brown
>>
>> First, check if you have permission to write there.  Second, make sure
>> 'ncftpbatch' can handle paths with spaces in them.  Third, if the above
>> two don't point out the problem, read and follow the problem reporting
>> guidelines found here:
>>
>>> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>>
>>
 > Hi Larry,
 > Here is some output of bash shell.
 >
 > Stephen AT JIREH ~/KCM
 > $  cd /
 >
 > Stephen AT JIREH /
 > $ ls -l
 > total 9
 > dr-xr-xr-x   1       0 root     0 Jan  1  1970 cygdrive
 >
 > What do I do to give myself permission to write to this directory?
 > Thanks in advance for your help
 > Yours Sincerely Stephen Grant Brown

Don't worry about permissions on the '/cygdrive' directory.  Unlike Linux/
UNIX, traverse checking is not on by default.

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