Hi, The following sequence shows a very different behaviour between GNU 'rmdir' under NT and Linux in removing read-only directories. Not having access to the 4.0 version of 'rmdir' under NT, I can't tell if it's a bug in 'rmdir' or a feature of the underlying operating systems. Cheers, -Fred Curtis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -------------------------------- NT case ------------------------ $ uname CYGWIN_NT-4.0 $ mkdir ro-dir $ ls -ld ro-dir drwxr-xr-x 2 administ None 0 Sep 12 09:32 ro-dir $ chmod -w ro-dir $ ls -ld ro-dir dr-xr-xr-x 2 administ None 0 Sep 12 09:32 ro-dir $ rmdir ro-dir rmdir: ro-dir: Permission denied $ chmod +w ro-dir $ rmdir ro-dir $ rmdir --version rmdir (GNU fileutils) 3.16 $ chmod --version chmod (GNU fileutils) 3.16 -------------------------------- Linux case ------------------------ $ uname Linux $ mkdir ro-dir $ ls -ld ro-dir drwxr-xr-x 2 fred users 512 Sep 12 10:34 ro-dir $ chmod -w ro-dir $ ls -ld ro-dir dr-xr-xr-x 2 fred users 512 Sep 12 10:34 ro-dir $ rmdir ro-dir $ rmdir --version rmdir (GNU fileutils) 4.0 $ chmod --version chmod (GNU fileutils) 4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
