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:reply-to:subject:to:references:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=s9SjMHg8t+jitTgs Vl8tyhook+a1tc+pTYrPUplIqsI001z0TlmafwQdyQ473XpI3WKBBNZt3ldYQfuj QrRyppNKPtSL8ihJwtwxy9jTFRRW4VaAiWzR/5khzf650/z+mV9FlbjI9IEdQhwh SLyMKyvnDw7LzjIdlfG4x7pkPX0= 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:reply-to:subject:to:references:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=aSDb17O0j9+Xj21Z15Hin1 yhJGE=; b=j0LYwZ5CttW78xhxkmWEMIMdpqJ9ZqhyovRWoH/P/6uu5RKSIcYt0+ VUjMMmzBChx01LZtTz+SmFLyYlImL9spLhLfmq0vcvWUinSKOvFLsqqsrRgy1BGV wb+iXJdEUkPeXYxWNMsoSEY1fzdFX5zZDJ2FFs4qif23a1q5taJD8= 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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=card, hesitate X-HELO: mailsrv.cs.umass.edu Reply-To: moss AT cs DOT umass DOT edu Subject: Re: Issue when trying to access files on a locked BitLocker volume To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: From: Eliot Moss Message-ID: Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 07:44:37 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes On 4/19/2018 7:38 AM, Vincent Gheur wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a Bitlocker encrypted SD card, which stays most of the time in my > laptop, but is generally not unlocked. I'm unlocking it only when I need to > access files on it. > > I have also a script which is started at regular intervals, which copies > some critical files on the SD card when it is unlocked. I was using till > recently a *very* old version of cygwin (probably downloaded 10 years ago), > in which I could check whether my SD card was unlocked or not by using *if > [ -d ]*. I have downloaded a new version of cygwin in > January, as I migrated to Windows 10 and was encountering some issues with > it. Since I upgraded, this test is not working anymore. When the SD card is > unlocked, testing " -d " returns TRUE. It returns FALSE when I do > the same test on a non Bitlocker volume for a non-existent folder (which is > the expected behaviour). > > I guess there are probably other issues related to accessing locked > Bitlocker volumes. > > > If someone is wanting to solve this, don't hesitate to contact me if you > need more details or if you want me to make tests. I agree that this outcome is strange, but here are some suggestions for workarounds: - Test some other property of the same or some other file - Try some program, such as ls, on the file. You can direct standard output and error to /dev/null and check the result code to see if the program failed. - Try a program that requires write capability, such as touch, if ls does not do what you need. Regards - Eliot Moss -- 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