At 02:20 PM 6/4/2004, you wrote: >$ cp -p foo /h/Home/ >/bin/cp: setting permissions for `/h/Home/DW/foo': Permission denied > >This happens when copying to a network drive but not to /c . > >The datestamps get copied over. >execute permission (as seen by the "*" which trails the file name when doing >ls -F) does not get copied over. > >I do not remember having this error message before upgrading to cygwin >1.5.10. Fileutils is 4.1-2. > >Since all I care about is the datestamp, I'm not asking for this to be fixed >(though it would be nice), but it might affect other people or be indicative >of other problems.
I'm afraid you get 40 lashes with a wet noodle for not following: >Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html ;-) OK, my curiosity would have been satisfied by simply knowing what the contents of your CYGWIN environment variable was but the attached output of 'cygcheck -s -r -v' (as the above web page requests) would have told me that and more . I'll let you off with a warning this time. ;-) Is this what it feels like to be a cop? ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
