On Jul 29 10:21, Tom Quarendon wrote: > >> cp only copies POSIX permissions. This is consistent with POSIX >> semantics which states that when copying a file the POSIX ACL isn't >> copied as well. Having file permissions set for "authenticated users" >> but not for the actual owner is Win32 semantics. There's no 1:1 >> translation. >> >> > Which rather renders cygwin cp unsuitable for our task which is a shame.
You're using Cygwin cp outside of POSIX specs. What do you expect? Cygwin is not native Windows and never claimed so. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/
