Questions on cygwin filemode in WindowsXP

Thu Apr 1 16:59:00 GMT 2004

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Yufeng Xiong wrote:
> Thanks David for the help.
>> The getfacl/setfacl command works fine.
> And the setting change in xmeacs also works.
>> I'm using WindowsXP @Home, it does not seem to have anything available for
> changing file permissions from Windows itself, does anybody know how to do
> it ?
>> Thanks.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Rothenberger" <daveroth@acm.org>
> To: "Yufeng Xiong" <yufengxiong@comcast.net>
> Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Questions on cygwin filemode in WindowsXP
>>>>>Yufeng Xiong wrote:
>>>>>>>1. What is the '+' in the file mode? I know it has something to do with
>> file
>>>>permission, after
>>>the editing, my web server/PHP does not have permission to open test.php
>>>anymore
>>>>>>>I believe the "+" indicates that there are some Windows permissions that
>>do not map to the Unix-style user/group/other. For example, if I create
>>a new file using cygwin (say, with touch), and then open the file's
>>properties with Windows and explicitly add permission for another user
>>to modify the file, I see the "+".
>>>>>>>2. How do I set the '+' in mode manually? I used 'fstat' on the two files
>>>and it shows the exact
>>>same mode (o100700).
>>>>>>>Well, you can copy all the file attributes from one file (sourceFile) to
>>another (destFile) with a command like this:
>>>>% getfacl - sourceFile | setfacl -f- destFile
>>>>>>>3. Why xemacs changed the file mode? Could it be because of different
>> file
>>>>system?
>>>>>>>Do "M-x customize-apropros" on "backup-by-copying". The default
>>behavior is to move the old file to the backup file and then create a
>>new file. If you set this option on (non-nil), the backup copy will be
>>made as a copy and the original file will be modified. This will
>>preserve the extra file permissions on the original file (although the
>>backup copy won't have them).
>>>>HTH,
>>Dave
>>>>>
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