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Re: chmod questions
- From: david at adboyd dot com (J. David Boyd)
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:49:35 -0400
- Subject: Re: chmod questions
- References: <479059e9-1e1f-4289-9bfb-98dac1c1fafe at default>
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> I have read various info regarding trying to make Cygwin's `chmod'
> work as (I) expected, including the Cygwin FAQ and user guide.
> I am using Windows 7 with an NTFS disk. My user and group are
> defined as they should be AFAIK.
>
> Two questions in this regard:
>
> . is "chmod a-w" supposed to set the Windows Read-only attribute
> on Windows 7?
>
> . is "chmod a-w" supposed to cause "ls -l" to show -r-r-r on
> Windows 7?
>
> When I do `chmod a-w' it does not seem to have any effect. The
> target file is still writable. Can someone please tell me what
> I'm missing? Thx.
Works for me.
Here's a file on my system:
$ ls -ltr boxes.txt
-rw-rw-rw-+ 1 A4J0PZZ Administrators 45 Aug 5 12:46 boxes.txt
When I run chmod a-w boxes.txt, I get
$ ls -ltr boxes.txt
-r--r--r--+ 1 A4J0PZZ Administrators 45 Aug 5 12:46 boxes.txt
and the file is no longer writeable.
That's not what you are seeing? I'm on Windows 7 with an NTFS disk as well.
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