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From: "DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:25 -0600
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Subject: Re: setfacl fails to replace ACLs when given a pathname starting with  	a drive letter
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Francis Litterio <> wrote:
> I notice that setfacl does not change the ACLs of a file when given a pat=
hname
> starting with a drive letter (e.g., c:/temp/zzz), but it will work when g=
iven a
> UNIX-style pathname (e.g., /cygdrive/c/temp/zzz). =A0Example below. =A0Is=
 this a
> known problem?
> --
> Fran

I'm pretty sure it is more of a feature than a problem.

The path of c:/temp/zzz doesn't have any meaning in POSIX.  I suppose
we're lucky Cygwin supports that format for *any* actions.

-Jason

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