Testcase: $ uname -r 3.5.7-1.x86_64
$ cygcheck -f /bin/chmod coreutils-9.0-1 $ mkdir dir $ touch dir/file $ chmod -R -v g-w dir; echo $? mode of 'dir' retained as 0755 (rwxr-xr-x) mode of 'dir/file' retained as 0644 (rw-r--r--) 0 $ ln -s file dir/link $ chmod -R -v g-w dir; echo $? mode of 'dir' retained as 0755 (rwxr-xr-x) mode of 'dir/file' retained as 0644 (rw-r--r--) neither symbolic link 'dir/link' nor referent has been changed 1 $ chmod -R g-w dir; echo $? 1 $ chmod -v g-w dir dir/file dir/link; echo $? mode of 'dir' retained as 0755 (rwxr-xr-x) mode of 'dir/file' retained as 0644 (rw-r--r--) mode of 'dir/link' retained as 0644 (rw-r--r--) 0 $ chmod -R -v g+w dir; echo $? mode of 'dir' changed from 0755 (rwxr-xr-x) to 0775 (rwxrwxr-x) mode of 'dir/file' changed from 0644 (rw-r--r--) to 0664 (rw-rw-r--) neither symbolic link 'dir/link' nor referent has been changed 1 $ chmod -R g-w dir; echo $? 1 Exit status 1 does not occur with chmod from coreutils 8.32-1. -- Regards, Christian -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
