I think I figured out the problem... it was a directory permissions issue. Although I have not fixed it, it is a Windows problem, not a Cygwin problem. Thanks for the replies.
The folder I am trying to write into, I accidentally set the NTFS permissions to an unknown user with a Cygwin script I didn't pay much attention to. In doing so, I lost the ability to write to the folder with my very own account. No biggie, I logged in as the Administrator and am currently fixing it! Joe Drago "Joe Drago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message a8vn7r$941$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:a8vn7r$941$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have set up a Cygwin install on a Windows 2000 Workstation machine, and > got bash and sshd to run perfectly. I can create all regular files, > including important ones like ".bashrc" in my HOME folder. Following the > same set up, I attempted to set up the same deal on a Windows XP Pro > machine, and although everything -else- works, creating a filename in with a > period (such as .bashrc) is nearly impossible. > > So far, the only way I have found to circumvent it is that "mv" will allow > me to rename a file and add a period to the front, but this is not good > enough, as vim complains about the swap/recovery file every time I edit one > of these files. > > Is there a setting in Windows XP that I am not aware of, or is this a > limitation with NTFS? My W2K machine runs W2K's FAT32, and > my XP Pro machine runs XP's NTFS (no encryption). > > I "STFW" all day, and R'd all of TFMs that I know of, and am at a loss. > Help? > > Thank you for reading this, and thanks in advance for any replies, > > Joe Drago > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
