Re: "permission denied" issues when removing files/folders created by cygwin

2015-09-03 Thread Achim Gratz
Roger Pack gmail.com> writes: > It appears the problem lies with creating a file named "NUL" windows > utilities just don't know how to deal with it (you can recreate it by > creating a folder, then from cygwin bash $ touch NUL) then try and > remove the folder with windows explorer. That is like

Re: "permission denied" issues when removing files/folders created by cygwin

2015-09-03 Thread Roger Pack
On 9/1/15, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Sep 1 13:05, Michael Enright wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Roger Pack wrote: >> > It appears the problem lies with creating a file named "NUL" windows >> > utilities just don't know how to deal with it (you can recreate it by >> > creating a f

Re: "permission denied" issues when removing files/folders created by cygwin

2015-09-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sep 1 13:05, Michael Enright wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Roger Pack wrote: > > It appears the problem lies with creating a file named "NUL" windows > > utilities just don't know how to deal with it (you can recreate it by > > creating a folder, then from cygwin bash $ touch NUL)

Re: "permission denied" issues when removing files/folders created by cygwin

2015-09-01 Thread Michael Enright
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Roger Pack wrote: > It appears the problem lies with creating a file named "NUL" windows > utilities just don't know how to deal with it (you can recreate it by > creating a folder, then from cygwin bash $ touch NUL) then try and > remove the folder with windows ex

"permission denied" issues when removing files/folders created by cygwin

2015-09-01 Thread Roger Pack
As a note, after using cygwin to build some libraries (worked well, thanks team!) when trying to delete a folder via windows explorer, I got the message "Destination folder access denied, you need to confirm this action" (followed by a UAC prompt) and also "Delete folder, Invalid MS-DOS function"