If I'm going to relegate rsync to the trash bin due to it not supporting Windows permissions well enough to be useful, I've got other Windows recursive copy tools I use that don't preserve permissions either.
I can't tell you how much I love Windows security permissions. :( In the mean time I have a huge number of folders now on my destination drive I need to delete. (over a million files it seems). Neither cygwin, nor windows says I have permission to delete them. Any idea how I can do it short of reformating. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Brian Inglis <brian.ing...@systematicsw.ab.ca> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
