chmod and DOS vs POSIX paths

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Jan 25 07:55, brassrat wrote:
> 
> The source control package i use at work is sensitive to the 'read-only'
> attribute of Windows files.
> prior to 1.7, the command 'chmod -w DIR/FILE' worked fine.
> now, with 1.7, chmod -w FILE no longer sets the read-only attribute - i
> guess because 
> fortunately, there is a 'work-around': chmod -w 'DIR\FILE' (or chmod -w
> $(cygpath -w DIR/FILE))
> i.e., using a DOS path makes cygwin treat the file system as not having acls
> and i guess that kicks in the old behavior.
> 
> Is this the only way to change the 'read-only' attribute on windows files?
> Would it make sense for something like: chmod ugo-w DIR/FILE to set it?

The R/O attribute is really in the way on filesystems supporting ACLs
due to the way it's implemented.  Therefore, no, Cygwin will not return
to set the flag in calls to chmod.  The official workaround is, use
the Windows attrib command.


Corinna

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