> $ CYGWIN=nontsec touch foo Thanks Brian, that should do it.
On Wed 5/18/05 13??:34 PDT Brian wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I like and depend on NTSEC, but sometimes I want pure windows behavior. > > > > How can I create a new file from the bash prompt without umask being > > honored- what I want is a script to create a new empty file, > > so the DACL, owner & group will be exactly what a user would > > get by running the below from a simple DOS prompt: > > > > echo.>foo > > > > The closest I've come from the bash prompt is: > > > > $ cmd /c 'echo.>foo' > > I think you're overcomplicating it...How about: > > $ CYGWIN=nontsec touch foo cleaner, works as well as my kloosh - still have to fix owner and group; good enough for me :-> -- 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/