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Subject: RE: file execute access with noacl mount with Cygwin-1.7.0 20090518   snapshot
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 21:19:48 -0700
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> From:=20
> Subject: file execute access with noacl mount with Cygwin-1.7.0 20090518 =
snapshot
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:59:20 -0700
>
>
> Hi All...
>
> I just tried executing a file on my desktop as /c/Users/me/Desktop/file.e=
xe in Vista Business SP1.
>
> The file would not tab complete in bash and an ls -al showed no execute a=
ccess.
>
> Do I need to add the exec or cygexec explicitly, or should that be the de=
fault with noacl?
>
> Thanks,
>
> ...Karl
>
I'm ok with adding it explicitly, and perhaps that is cleaner in the long r=
un with no hidden assumptions.
=20
It is just that my file ended in .exe and the documentation says:
=20
While normally the execute permission bits are used to evaluate executabili=
ty, this is not possible on filesystems which don't support permissions at =
all (like FAT/FAT32), or if ACLs are ignored on filesystems supporting them=
 (see the aforementioned acl mount option). In these cases, the following h=
euristic is used to evaluate if a file is executable: Files ending in certa=
in extensions (.exe, .com, .bat, .btm, .cmd) are assumed to be executable.
=20
So the current behavior is not what I expected.
=20
Thanks,
=20
...Karl
=20
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