On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 06:02:38PM -0500, vapid vapid wrote: >> >Just tell them that a backup program has no business clearing "read-only" >> >and "system" attributes on any files. >> >> I would actually expect that they probably are just reading the .lnk >> information and ignoring the cygwin bits. Even if they preserve the >> read-onlyness of the .lnk file, unless they preserve the file in its >> entirety it won't be recognized. > >My issue was that they messed up my disk __during the backup__. I would >be more understanding if it was during the restore. There's no reason >for a backup program to modify my harddisk (unless it's keeping status >in its config/log directory). It should treat my disk as a read >only device.
That's for sure. That really seems like a bug. cgf -- 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/
