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Re: 1.7.9-1 Patch command mangles permissions on windows 7

> This could be related to the problem discussed starting at
>
> ?http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-11/msg00922.html
>
> The issue there was ACLs on the temporary directory used by patch. ?The
> resolution of that was to set TMP and TEMP to "/tmp" in Cygwin's default
> startup files (see /etc/defaults/profile). ?But you appear to be running
> patch outside of a Cygwin shell, so you're not benefiting from that fix.
> ?(I'm basing this guess on the fact that you start patch by giving its
> Windows path.)

Thanks sounds about right.
Thanks for the help.
-r

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