> From: karl > Subject: RE: file execute access with noacl mount with Cygwin-1.7.0 20090518 > snapshot > Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 10:40:00 -0700 > > >> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 11:17:41 -0400 >> From: lh >> Subject: Re: file execute access with noacl mount with Cygwin-1.7.0 20090518 >> snapshot >> >> Karl M wrote: > > If I type > > ls -al /c/Cygwin/bin > > the exe files are all listed with rw------- instead of rwx------ as I would > expect > from the documentation. > So is this description current, or does it no longer apply?
While normally the execute permission bits are used to evaluate executability, this is not possible on filesystems which don't support permissions at all (like FAT/FAT32), or if ACLs are ignored on filesystems supporting them (see the aforementioned acl mount option). In these cases, the following heuristic is used to evaluate if a file is executable: Files ending in certain extensions (.exe, .com, .bat, .btm, .cmd) are assumed to be executable. Thanks, ...Karl _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 -- 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/
