Re: chmod help

Harsh Prakash <[email protected]> [2003-01-10 09:14:49 -0500]:
> 
> hi, 
> i have cygwin 1.3.18 running on win2k. i also have some problems with chmod. 

Thanks for the report.  But for MS-Windows problems it would be most
appreciated if you contacted the Cygwin folks directly.  That platform
is not well understood here.

> **$ chmod +x test
> 
> **$ ls -l
> total 1
> drwxr-xr-x    2 Administ None            0 Sep 30 20:13 grass.src
> -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None            2 Jan 10 09:21 test
> 

> the chmod did NOT make the file executable. wonder why? i have tried
> other permutations and combinations, but to no avail.

Does MS-Windows even have the concept of file modes?  I thought they
handled all of that with file extensions?  I assume that in order to
map capabilities that Cygwin would need to make some compromises.
Sorry but no help here.

> thanks for your help, cygwin is really helpful,
> harsh
> ps- you may also recommend websites that are a good reference

Yes, please see these for good stuff on Cygwin.

  http://cygwin.com/

      Cygwin Home Page

  http://cygwin.com/faq/

      Cygwin FAQ.

  http://cygwin.com/bugs.html

      Cygwin Bug Report Guidelines. This is a good reference for general bug
      reporting.

Bob