On 2016-12-07 13:12, Erik Soderquist wrote: >> I really like cygwin and have used it for a decade plus. Only in the >> last year or 18-months have I noticed significant permission issues >> that slow down my workflow. >> >> Copying these folders/files from one drive to another is a task I'd >> like to accomplish, but even more importantly I'd like to understand >> how to work with permissions in cygwin. As it is, I'm concerned I >> will have to leave cygwin behind and I don't want to do that. > > I've been a Windows and Linux admin for years, and Windows permissions > can be a pain, but can also be very granular. > > What I normally do for something like this is use robocopy's "backup mode" > switch to bypass permissions on the source entirely and intentionally not > copy the permissions to the destination, then set up the permissions I want > on the destination after the copy is complete. > > The "backup mode" option requires either backup operator or local admin > permissions to use.
Concur and recommend for local copies: robocopy src dst /s /sl /xj /copyall /zb /nfl /ndl /np /mt:8 /r:0 /w:0 to copy non-empty directories; keep winsymlinks as is; skip junctions; all info; backup fallback; no file, directory, or progress logging; 8 threads, no retries, no waits: use /copy (like cp -p) instead of /copyall to skip security info. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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
