Brian, --- Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> surendar jeyadev wrote: > As far as I understand it, the basic ISO9660 format > does not have any > fields to store file attributes such as owner or > permissions. So on > mounting such a disc, Windows and/or Cygwin will > have to synthesize > these fields, which is probably why they are not set > as you want. Ah! Never thought about the basic format ..... > To enable storing of these attributes you need to > use the Rock Ridge > extension. When creating your image you will have > to make sure that you > enable these extensions (-R, -r, etc.) Although I always, even on an Unix box, use the -R -J options when running mkisofs. The problem I mentioned occured with these options. But (as you say below) I need to explore the -r option, which I have not used so far. > from the man page it > looks like the author may be somewhat biased against > win32: Ah!! That is putting it mildly. Very mildly. (But then again I am probably in that camp .... though, certainly not so extreme). > When used on Win32, the > execute bit is set on > all files. This is a result of the > lack of file permis- > sions on Win32 and the Cygwin > POSIX emulation layer. > See also -uid -gid, -dir-mode, > -file-mode and > -new-dir-mode. I think that my answers will lie in these other options. I have not bothered with them so far. > I'm not sure what "This is a result of the lack of > file permissions on > Win32 and the Cygwin POSIX emulation layer" but it > seems like some > pretty thick ignorance, since that's the entire > point of Cygwin. I will leave you to spar with Joerg! I have my scars!! > You should post your question on the cdrtools list > or forum, since this > is not a cygwin package. I will try to find one .... Don't think that one exists. Thanks for the quick response. sj __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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/
