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Re: Executable flag


David Rasmussen wrote:

Open cygwin. Write 'notepad test.txt'. Notepad opens, write something and then save the file. Now do an ll. The file test.txt has been created and has the executable flag set. I want it to not be set in such cases.



Part of the reason for this is because on Windows the executable flag means more than just execution. A number of dynamic use functions (the font manager, for one) require anything they operate with to be executable as well. So *everything* gets set executable, and Windows utilities depend on the file extension to determine if a file is executable.


If you're poking directly as Windows APIs, like Cygwin does, that can be worked around, both to remove the need for +x in most cases and to allow +x files that do not use an extension legacy Windows treats as executable to be executed.

If you're using a Windows program that you didn't write yourself to ignore standard Windows conventions, there is no way to stop it. Get used to using setacls or cacls a lot.

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