X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: Yes, hits=5.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Eric Bracken Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:47:16 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Certain files in Windows/System32 are invisible in Cygwin To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 This is a strange problem: certain files in the Windows/System32 directory are not visible from Cygwin: Studio(27): ls /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/nbtstat.exe ls: cannot access /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/nbtstat.exe: No such file or directory But other ones are: Studio(28): ls /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/PING.EXE /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/PING.EXE The system in question is Windows 7 64-bit (service pack 1), running Cygwin 1.7.9-1. I've tried it with and without user access control enabled, but it doesn't make a difference. CYGWIN is set to "nodosfilewarning tty". The problematic file (nbtstat.exe) most definitely exists and can be run from a DOS prompt window. Any ideas? Thanks! --Eric Bracken =EF=BB=BF -- 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