Hi, > My WAG is that with --color, ls is opening files to look at the first > few bytes in an effort to determine what type of file it is. You do not > have permissions to open C:/hiberfil.sys nor c:/pagefile.sys so it fails.
Yes, these 2 files are unreadable! But, IMHO, 'ls' should not fails, and displays the unreadable files without color! a+ -- Philippe -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/