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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:50:37 -0500
To: Ali Fakhry <ali DOT fakhry AT usa DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Changing files permissions under NT
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At 02:16 PM 11/30/2000, Ali Fakhry wrote:
>I am running an application under cygwin / NT that requires to change the
>permission of a temperary files to Read, Wrie & Execute for all. I have tried
>to use chmod but it succeeds immediatly without actually changing the
>permissions. I understand from Cygwin documentation that this is the case with
>windows 95 & 98 but not with NT. I need an URGENT HELP on how to do it.
>
>Ali
>Ph.D. Student
>Cairo University


http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC36 answers this question.




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