Greetings, Kjetil Østerås! > I notice that when I edit and save a file in a windows application this > file sometimes get the execute file permission set in cygwin. Some windows > applications do this and some don't. For instance in my setup if i modify a > .c file using Meld then the execute bit is set, however when I modify the > same file with sublime text 3 then the execute bit is not set.
> Why does this happen? This is how Windows operates. Please do not use Windows programs inside Cygwin installation tree. > and is there anything I can do to prevent windows > applications from setting the execute bit on my files? No, and you will be unable to use Windows associations, if you clear execute bit on documents. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, March 28, 2018 17:09:24 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple