Re: File permissions and VSS failure

2006-10-17 Thread Brian Dessent
"Joseph C. Nemeth" wrote: > I use tar to package a set of files on Unix boxes (multiple flavors), and > 'download' them to my NTFS WinXP Pro box under Cygwin, where I maintain > them using Windows-style tools, including Microsoft Visual Source Safe. > Then, I 'upload' them back to the Linux box, w

File permissions and VSS failure

2006-10-17 Thread Joseph C. Nemeth
Summary: I dropped a long way down the rabbit-hole on this one. I finally found the problem, and what initially seemed like a boneheaded Cygwin bug turns out to be an annoying fact of life. It has to do with file permissions and broken Windows software, specifically Visual Source Safe (VSS). B