On Feb 27 15:58, Linda Walsh wrote: > on the CYGWIN getfacl manpage, it has > > -a, --all > display the filename, the owner, the group, and the ACL of the > file > > -- > But in the linux version it says: > > > -a, --access > Display the file access control list. > > -- > > The "--all" in the cygwin cygwin version sounds like it > should display all ACL-related entries, but it really only > displays the inode-specific acl on directories. > > To display "all ACL-related entries", one uses no parameter. > > The usage of "--all" to indicate the option "limits" output > to only the "inode-specific" part is confusing and unclear.
The original getfacl was based on the Solaris getfacl (just as Cygwin's ACL handling is based on the Solaris one). It only had -a. I guess the --all was a thinko when adding the long options, as was --dir. I changed that to --access and --default as on Linux. I kept the --all and --dir in for backward compatibility. They are just undocumented now. HTH, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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