Greetings, Walter L.! > Thanks for the quick response!
>> > 2) The 'touch' command creates a file with the executable bit set >> >> > [user@hostname ~]$ touch newfile.txt >> > [user@hostname ~]$ ls -l newfile.txt >> > -rwxrwx---+ 1 user Domain Users 0 Sep 22 17:21 newfile.txt >> >> > I am fully aware that Windows programs (e.g. Eclipse and Windows >> > Explorer) will create files with the executable bit set due to ACL and >> > NTFS permissions. However, if I 'touch' a file inside an earlier version >> > of Cygwin >> >> Define "earlier" ? The permissions handling has been extensively rewritten >> since 1.7.34. > Probably from a few months ago, but I can't confirm. I've been trying to > figure out how to revert back to an earlier version to verify this. Where > can I find archived versions of Cygwin? Check "Cygwin Time Machine". You'd need a separate install for that, though, to space out possible package conflicts. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, September 23, 2015 19:07:44 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
