> > Before complaining that unison does not syncronize the permission bits > > between my C: drive and my USB drive, I would like to ask if it should > > be able to do it? > > > > I have searched a lot, and found various indicators that it should be > > able, but also that it will not do it on "windows" systems. > > I think part of the answer lies in the file systems in question. Sorry I > don't have more to add at the moment.
Right. Yes, Unison can synchronize permission bits in Cygwin-- see the -perms preference. However, this will only work if the underlying file system supports it. In particular, it won't work in Win9x, which doesn't support file permissions, or on a FAT file system (in either Windows or Linux), which also has no permissions. It should work fine on NTFS, subject to the limits of Cygwin's Unix permissions model-- see e.g. http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#ov-hi-perm. Andrew. -- 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/
