From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oi1-x242.google.com (mail-oi1-x242.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::242]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7FBDD385DC00 for ; Tue, 9 Jun 2020 02:39:23 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 7FBDD385DC00 Received: by mail-oi1-x242.google.com with SMTP id a3so5378683oid.4 for ; Mon, 08 Jun 2020 19:39:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=cxF+ha6xQBz0F4l+ka3mZKqPu8FNRJTFaz34AZtNdaY=; b=cEERd2p5Tc/xepiVLeH/a5E2M9ZZKsw+oJ962gUq4mRS9slFIJAhC7txz57UtRhWLE HJwYSVdKjSsFZgjhKAQqatfHTGkLQE6OD6yBDKg4xE6Ie2KysaRMNc7KHurny1GkUSV8 wWpxJB91WMG/BGk+0PP0zBjq2HCBdVAJzvKNnTU7+FWSd/7YbAIqPEBJONgl6PO0j2Ue BUqr62aOC2rChHDoQgb0s4Icwnm7EdPNYs0h58vEVWbmJUhRRX94wJ3vw+7Yb1c5B2m4 MP6EI+i2PUydzTP2xOw9frqxAPwHt827HKGthcPFxLhwSEO2nZ5YNUbhFgWCww3sgMH2 afwg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533JJKVYFLT/8QRc3ULVBR5mEFuuc2C584ga9ekC0iZK8WNIYOtI E4aYZuUKsuI9E0FrqtQsVJZZkIG3vYjRQWyQCD4v4LjgDrAUfQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxieI0l4wyq0JJUa/zeHSTFW/G0XeEcytMkwui1g38jGLCS38jRQZKadEyVh7mDDk2UYcLiTzK/I39+nJMEdJg= X-Received: by 2002:aca:3c07:: with SMTP id j7mr1794714oia.69.1591670362647; Mon, 08 Jun 2020 19:39:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Carlo Florendo Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:38:30 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: certain files not seen in cygwin but seen in windows To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 02:39:24 -0000 Dear Cygwin, The last time I viewed this list was maybe 10 years ago or more. Recently, I've had a very serious problem: I could not see certain files in cygwin's bash and other shells but I can see them on Windows explorer and Windows command line. I've tried setting windows file attributes via cmd's "attrib -A -S -H -R -I" to no avail. The files don't show up in cygwin's commands ls, find, grep, etc... As such, my shell scripts broke whenever they ran in directories where those files were unaccessible via bash. After diagnosing this for several months, I almost wanted to give up and live with this, putting unnecessary workaround in my code so the scripts would run. I still felt irritated that I had to add and write 'unnecessary code' due to this issue. Thus, I decided to write mail for cygwin to describe my problem. Before I hit the send button, I recalled that a decade ago, cygwin maintainers consistently reminded us to update to the newest cygwin1.dll and see if the problem has been solved there. So that's what I did, but not trusting that it would work. Upon updating to 3.1.5, the problem disappeared and I could now see my files in cygwin!!!!! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! I should have done that first!!! The problem is completely solved so this mail is not a report of something. I just wanna say thank you to cygwin maintainers led by cygwin project leader Corinna Vinschen and the rest of the cygwin team! This affirms the adage: 'if you think there is a bug, get the latest cygwin dll first before complaining.' I have been using cygwin for 2 decades now and it really rocks!!!! Best Regards, Carlo -- Carlo Florendo