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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:53:13 -0400
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Subject: Re: how to create a wrapper chmod.exe for cygwin 1.7
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On 6/8/2010 9:55 PM, prakash babu wrote:
> In cygwin 1.7 chmod does not work with MS DOS style paths and I need to
> convert these paths to POSIX style paths before doing the chmod
>
> Is there a way to create a wrapper chmod.exe that will do this conversion and
> then perform the chmod operation.

How about creating a bash alias which uses "cygpath -ua" to do the conversion
of the parameter?  If you need to be able to handle multiple files, you could
turn the simple alias into a function the loops through all the parameters,
for example.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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