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Subject: Re: MS-DFSR conflict with cygwin file permissions
From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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> The loss of the POSIX permissions is fine for me. But what is then the
> purpose of tty in the CYGWIN variable?

Better Unix terminal emulation in the Cygwin console, but with the
drawback that many interactive Windows console apps won't work
correctly.

Andy

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