X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,J_CHICKENPOX_21,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <806a89db0908140943k3d5a9f41k559c45ec82fb8983@mail.gmail.com> References: <806a89db0908140943k3d5a9f41k559c45ec82fb8983 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:59:25 -0600 Message-ID: <806a89db0908140959u479d0789wf6f74f8cb92bfd0d@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: UNZIP: Why don't .exe/.dll files get eXecute privs? From: Jim Reisert AD1C To: The Cygwin Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 Here's an example: CYGWIN: c:\test>\cygwin\bin\unzip \dx4w801\dx4win_regexp.zip Archive: \dx4w801\dx4win_regexp.zip inflating: pcre3.dll inflating: regexp/freq1.txt inflating: regexp/qth1.txt inflating: Dx4win.exe c:\test>ls -l total 3296 -rw-r--r-- 1 reisert Domain Users 3229184 Aug 14 00:20 Dx4win.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 reisert Domain Users 140288 Mar 17 2007 pcre3.dll drwxr-xr-x 1 reisert Domain Users 0 Aug 14 10:57 regexp GNUWIN32: c:\test>unzip \dx4w801\dx4win_regexp.zip Archive: /dx4w801/dx4win_regexp.zip inflating: pcre3.dll inflating: regexp/freq1.txt inflating: regexp/qth1.txt inflating: Dx4win.exe c:\test>ls -l total 3296 -rwx------+ 1 reisert Domain Users 3229184 Aug 14 00:20 Dx4win.exe -rwx------+ 1 reisert Domain Users 140288 Mar 17 2007 pcre3.dll drwx------+ 1 reisert Domain Users 0 Aug 14 10:58 regexp On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: > Something has been bugging me about Cygwin UNZIP for years. =A0When I > unzip a file, the extracted .exe and .dll files no longer have execute > privs. I have to manually chmod +x them. =A0This always occurs when I'm > in a DOS prompt and using the Cygwin unzip. > > The same unzip from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net doesn't have this pro= blem. > > Why is Cygwin different? > > Thanks - Jim > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us > --=20 Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple