Re: chmod in cygwin

2002-06-18 Thread Bob Proulx
> chmod in cygwin is not working. I did the following: > > mkdir mybin > gvim mybin/vi > ... /* mybin vi just does a gvim */ > chmod +x mybin/vi > -rw-r---r-- 1 default unknown 9 jun 18 13:11 > > (There is a mybin/vi at the end but in this message > it wouldn't fit on

Re: chmod bug report

2002-06-18 Thread Bob Proulx
> not sure if it a actual bug or not, but chmod reports incorrectly when > it tries to modify file permissions on file systems it cannot handle, > e.g. vfat. The --verbose switch reports that the switch is successful, > but a quick ls -l of the file in question shows that the permissions are > not

chmod bug report

2002-06-18 Thread Mike Chao
hello, not sure if it a actual bug or not, but chmod reports incorrectly when it tries to modify file permissions on file systems it cannot handle, e.g. vfat. The --verbose switch reports that the switch is successful, but a quick ls -l of the file in question shows that the permissions are not c

chmod in cygwin

2002-06-18 Thread tony chamberlain
chmod in cygwin is not working. I did the following: mkdir mybin gvim mybin/vi ... /* mybin vi just does a gvim */ chmod +x mybin/vi -rw-r---r-- 1 default unknown 9 jun 18 13:11 (There is a mybin/vi at the end but in this message it wouldn't fit on the line). Also, n

du -sb returns <0

2002-06-18 Thread clock
iI did du -sb and got: -828863916 -- Karel 'Clock' Kulhavy ___ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils

Re: df output on unbroken lines

2002-06-18 Thread David T-G
Bob -- ...and then Bob Proulx said... % % > % long as the program's --help output is kept up to date with the % > % program's options then the man page automatically tracks. Therefore % > % > So -P needs a bit more explanation ;-) % % Submit a documentation patch! :-) I might, since you ask