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On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 14:05 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote:Is this broken? Or a known windows/cygwin discrepancy? Or am I missing something with my posix/windows file permissions settings
reid.thompson@ws-jrt ~ $ ls -rlt afile -r--r--r-- 1 reid.thompson Domain Users 6 2011-07-20 14:02 afile
reid.thompson@ws-jrt ~ $ if [ -w afile ]; then echo " file is writeable"; else echo " file is not writeable"; fi file is writeable
$ uname -r 1.7.7(0.230/5/3)
Works fine for me with 1.7.9. Upgrading may help. You also should check the filesystem you're on. Local NTFS is your best bet here.
-- Larry
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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