Re: Why does cygwin1.dll use NtCreateFile() instead of CreateFile()

2005-01-31 Thread Dan Ch
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Brian Ford wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Dan Ch wrote: > > I noticed that cygwin-1.5.12-1/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc > > uses NtCreateFile() instead of CreateFile() on Windows NT based > > operating systems (NT, 2000, 2003, XP) for opening files. Wh

Re: Why does cygwin1.dll use NtCreateFile() instead of CreateFile()

2005-01-30 Thread Dan Ch
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Reini Urban wrote: > Dan Ch schrieb: > > Thank you for providing some information. But I do not understand > > what types of objects require read permission in order to successfully > > open with SYNCHRONIZE access. On Windows XP Professional SP2,

Re: Why does cygwin1.dll use NtCreateFile() instead of CreateFile()

2005-01-30 Thread Dan Ch
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Dan Ch wrote: > > I noticed that cygwin-1.5.12-1/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc > > uses NtCreateFile() instead of CreateFile() on Windows NT based > > operating systems (NT, 2000, 2003, XP) for opening files. Wh

Why does cygwin1.dll use NtCreateFile() instead of CreateFile()

2005-01-30 Thread Dan Ch
I noticed that cygwin-1.5.12-1/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc uses NtCreateFile() instead of CreateFile() on Windows NT based operating systems (NT, 2000, 2003, XP) for opening files. Why? I checked the archives for this mailing list and noted some activity that discuses some side affects caused by us

Re: Problem uninstalling/deleting cygwin

2005-01-25 Thread Dan Ch
the files but can not delete them, you might want to try bypassing the recycle bin by holding down the left shift key while selecting "delete." This will try to the delete the file instead of moving it to the recycle bin. Dan Ch. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Where can I get the source code for setup.exe

2005-01-24 Thread Dan Ch
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Dan Ch wrote: > > > The current version of setup.exe is 2.457.2.1 but the Cygwin > > > distribution contains version 2.427, i.e. setup installs the 2.42

Where can I get the source code for setup.exe

2005-01-23 Thread Dan Ch
The current version of setup.exe is 2.457.2.1 but the Cygwin distribution contains version 2.427, i.e. setup installs the 2.427 source code instead of 2.457.2.1. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: