Here's one data point: pc> touch '/i/abc.' touch: cannot touch `/i/abc.': No such file or directory pc> touch '/i/abc' pc> touch '/i/abc ' touch: cannot touch `/i/abc ': No such file or directory pc> /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo /i/ Device Type : 7 Characteristics : 10 Volume Name : <CIFS.HOMEDIR> Serial Number : 0 Max Filenamelength : 255 Filesystemname : <FAT> Flags : 40007 FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH : TRUE FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES : TRUE FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK : TRUE FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS : FALSE FILE_FILE_COMPRESSION : FALSE FILE_VOLUME_QUOTAS : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_SPARSE_FILES : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_REPARSE_POINTS: FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_REMOTE_STORAGE: FALSE FILE_VOLUME_IS_COMPRESSED : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_ENCRYPTION : FALSE FILE_NAMED_STREAMS : TRUE FILE_READ_ONLY_VOLUME : FALSE FILE_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_ONCE : FALSE FILE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS : FALSE pc>
And for what it's worth: that filer share is set up with Unix file permissions (not cifs or mixed). Michael -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple