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Subject: Re: [1.7] chmod fails with windows path
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On Dec 15 10:28, Glenn Serre wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> In 1.7, using chmod with a Windows path fails is in the attached 
> chmod_output.txt.  Using a posix path works as expected.
>
> I can, of course, fix my makefile to not use windows paths, but it is a 
> change from previous behavior and seems inconsistent with the behavior of 
> other commands that do work on windows paths.
>
> So far, these commands work on windows paths
>
> ls
> getfacl
>
> and these don't
>
> chmod
> chown

> chmod +x e:/tmp/gimp/*.exe
> chmod: changing permissions of `e:/tmp/gimp/gimp-2.2.13-i586-setup-1.exe': No such file or directory
> chmod: changing permissions of `e:/tmp/gimp/gtk+-2.10.6-1-setup.exe': No such file or directory


This seems to be a problem in coreutils.  I just tried the chmod function
with DOS paths and it works as expected.


Corinna

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