unable to edit/less dotted files, etc.

2004-10-19 Thread Julian Opificius
Hi folks, I'm running v1.3 of Cygwin on Win2k on a laptop. My machine dual-boots Win98 and Win2k, and my Win2k drive is G. Cygwin installed smoothly under Win2k. My problem is that dotted files like .bashrc have become inaccessible with programs like vi and less. I didn't have a problem immedia

Re: unable to edit/less dotted files, etc.

2004-10-19 Thread Julian Opificius
to 8.3. If I rename files to 8.3, I can edit them. SO I don't think it has anything to do with permissions. Thanks for your continued help. julian. = Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Julian Opificius Sent: 19 October

announcement subject tag

2005-04-21 Thread Julian Opificius
It's a little presumptuous to use a subject tag that does not include cygwin. What does "[announcement]" mean to someone outside the cygwin camp? There are hundreds of organizations that might want to make announcements via email lists. What about "[cygwin-announce]". thanks, Julian Opificus. -