From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: "permission denied" issues when removing files/folders created by cygwin
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:48:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAL1QdWeOZvgnQtkt5tKFQtpFvynZjYL9hiUJ9d=FKGqNT7FR7w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
As a note, after using cygwin to build some libraries (worked well,
thanks team!) when trying to delete a folder via windows explorer, I
got the message "Destination folder access denied, you need to
confirm this action" (followed by a UAC prompt) and also
"Delete folder, Invalid MS-DOS function"
It appears the problem lies with creating a file named "NUL" windows
utilities just don't know how to deal with it (you can recreate it by
creating a folder, then from cygwin bash $ touch NUL) then try and
remove the folder with windows explorer.
I would not have expected cygwin to allow itself the privilege of
creating files that are unremovable by windows explorer, but I just
thought I'd throw it out there.
Cheers!
-roger-
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next reply other threads:[~2015-09-01 19:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-01 19:48 Roger Pack [this message]
2015-09-01 20:05 ` Michael Enright
2015-09-01 20:32 ` Corinna Vinschen
2015-09-03 15:10 ` Roger Pack
2015-09-03 15:32 ` Achim Gratz
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