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Re: NTFS write-protect flag translation (tar? rsync?) only one-way?


On 4/5/2011 3:36 AM, Christian Gelinek wrote:
Hi everyone,

I have a problem with the tar command with the "extract permissions
information" option being set.

I am running Cygwin (CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 1.7.8(0.236/5/3) 2011-03-01 09:36)
under Windows 7 (Windows 7 Professional N Ver 6.1 Build 7600) with NTFS and
the CYGWIN=ntsec environment variable.

It appears that when tar reads files for adding to archives, it correctly
interprets the Windows-set "R" attribute, which is also seen by ls under
Cygwin. After extracting the files using tar though, only Cygwin's ls
command seems to be aware of the read-only attribute; the attrib command (as
well as Explorer and other Windows-apps) see and handle the file as being
writeable.

The read-only attribute is a "Windows" thing. Cygwin's utilities focus on supporting POSIXy/Linuxy ways of doing things. You can't expect Cygwin's tools to manage all of Window's permission facilities in the same way as Windows does. The read-only flag is one case where you'll see a divergence. If you need that flag set, you'll need your own wrapper to set it based on the POSIX (or ACL) permissions. The read-only attribute really is quite anachronistic though IMO. It conflicts with the more powerful ACLs. If you have the option, it's better not to use that flag.

--
Larry

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