-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Thomas Jung wrote, On 10.11.2010 14:40: > Hello, > > I would like to "move" my cygwin installation to > a different location, but preserving the usual paths to > all the apps by using a junction point to that moved/copied > subtree of cygwin. > > The 1st main problem ist that copy/move with the windows > explorer (xcopy) doesn't preserve all the rights. > > How can I copy the whole cygwin subtree to a new location > an preserving all the "cgwin/unix-styled" rights (I don't mean the > windows rights) The Cygwin file permissions are ultimatelly mapped to ACLs on NTFS. What about trying some native Windows backup utility? It should let you extract the backup into directory of your choice and it should also transfer all the ACLs.
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