X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=EoGlxm3OO6PLsN0ZpUObTdTWjpm3jddquu/VIj+uN4AsUohG3RY7y 6RR4ReExdPcXUOvRCZugJZIdTcwDstwD35qr2lfFO5Wv+UokUrxeQB0ZDtig/08D uftqyw40Aq0JZJpgF1Yfzx+hczyH92g0xOJoGHQD9QWqOMePhNolCo= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=Vt+mrqOgLsKXNETrJt6hc3o8KTg=; b=NiBlXnk06Pc27pHkzrxO+kdiKZ7j H1dV+OGedUqVI6mjLGbURrX1Sg8e3i0XX3khIw6gBt7TqyVjWQaU8VLRaXLIXMT2 3U3pFAMFZUThll2fPfse6hSKZ6no3ooAUAjVKD9Mtpc5WRS+Ym4SwzPqfzv+Yt2+ hgUBHAbKx5xor9w= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 22:32:29 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: "permission denied" issues when removing files/folders created by cygwin Message-ID: <20150901203229.GK23669@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="G6nVm6DDWH/FONJq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) --G6nVm6DDWH/FONJq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sep 1 13:05, Michael Enright wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Roger Pack wrote: > > It appears the problem lies with creating a file named "NUL" windows > > utilities just don't know how to deal with it (you can recreate it by > > creating a folder, then from cygwin bash $ touch NUL) then try and > > remove the folder with windows explorer. >=20 > The utilities "know" how to deal with it, given their design: > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/10/22/55388.aspx And then there's https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-dosdevic= es You can create and delete those files even in CMD, btw. You just have to use the long pathname prefix "\\?\", e.g.: bash$ cmd /c 'echo foo > \\?\c:\cygwin64\home\corinna\nul' bash$ ls -l nul -rwxr-xr-x 1 corinna vinschen 6 Sep 1 22:30 nul delete with bash$ rm nul or bash$ cmd /c 'del \\?\c:\cygwin64\home\corinna\nul' Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --G6nVm6DDWH/FONJq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJV5gtdAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gz+YQAJj1mDyv2lvkVewv33c/kuAm Ha9zEq3QgLAoLZ4HIVz5D8cgZAdr9bBK2bMm2Hnrwpgz/x9Au9jmknHJy75EQkes WchVZyMaz8hZ5ULBjmZeApYS/+zeMnNGgCapoylMQN+LIlRkvhmU6SSyOi577BHr o2NjXUJCdYBN+GxgPfYnfU+KbncRJTUMiNkKVTT6NbCiOEBvsXb5hiq6Y9y7wOM+ Hs5yL5HpyGrIQgpIoHiqodxhP7NRYHW09EFZQWVjUUg5YOFA1Zkixi2rxgnGZbag F0hGFzngqSNght+yIJ+UMZ4WgVyFS7lpbJJvCPWaoiC82pMYQUGW9Q166awa6DOz GnZcHEU/7a4oZIpuos7Rwbz2VNv+FH9zWVFDL/yqC1hIP/5CZBxVBdxUDBOoF2Au o6X9QQ3OfE+s3D8tymH2geMkRuVCmEGwXB8+P2H0O2YS2c5Wr5K/7IGIi+O5ARwc E0WzwbuXvLUCi/YiMCCLsdIJCBMKik/lV7UiLZaMt68q8uejfWomkJLRVNWWouml OsYeRfhvJIWJKjL32AR0u3J+yelrsHQSz0e4frYfv6SjUvWZZTEBzVU6kz/i2wcs dQRsQJd9mYXjp+5t8XPl9PB+XNnkjpEjcn2dteMK3l0CnHBkipWog5kALKoMNtxG GfBhl677I/A77JVB5LYS =ouI9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --G6nVm6DDWH/FONJq--