Re: 1.7 file permissions changes

> Without more details I hazard a guess: The Windows process creates the > directory without permissions for you to delete the directory or files > in that directory and you're running under UAC. Yes, this turns out to be true. I disabled UAC entirely and now my program works. Is there a better

1.7 file permissions changes

(I'm reposting this message since Yahoo decided to leave out line breaks. Sorry for unintentionally sending HTML mail.) I have a batch of Unix-based Perl scripts that I use for CD ripping. They use a queue-based approach. One process reads discs, another process encodes and tags them, and a thir

1.7 file permissions changes

I have a batch of Unix-based Perl scripts that I use for CD ripping. They use a queue-based approach. One process reads discs, another process encodes and tags them, and a third process uploads them to a file server. I've been running this on Cygwin for several years. I used cdda2wav to read dat

Creating users and groups

I'm working on a set of daemons that should run under their own user and group id. I'd like to write a shell script that will create this user and group. I'm using useradd and groupadd on Red Hat Linux, but those don't seem to exist on Cygwin. Is there a recommended way to handle this situation

Problems with Perl XS module in C++ on Cygwin

I'm having trouble building a Perl XS module in C++ on Cygwin. I've got Cygwin 1.3.12-2 and I've tried Perl 5.6.1 and Perl 5.8.0. This module has built and run successfully on Linux. I used the XS C++ guidelines in http://www.johnkeiser.com/perl-xs-c++.html The first problem is caused by the macr