------- Comment #2 from billingd at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-01-24 07:41 ------- This looks like a problem with the access function on cygwin-1.7
$ touch foobar_file $ chmod a-w foobar_file $ cat test_access.c #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> int main (void) { char *file="foobar_file"; int m = W_OK; printf("access = %d\n",access(file,m)); } $ touch foobar_file $ chmod a-w foobar_file Under cygwin-1.5 $ ./test_access access = -1 Under cygwin-1.7 $ ./test_access.exe access = -1 -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38956