Hi, There are indeed several workarounds to this issue (this is why I'm not waiting for a fix), but I thought it was worth mentioning the problem, as I suspect other incorrect behaviors to be caused by the underlying issue.
Thanks for your answer ! Vincent On 19 April 2018 at 13:38, Vincent Gheur <vinc...@gheur.info> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a Bitlocker encrypted SD card, which stays most of the time in > my laptop, but is generally not unlocked. I'm unlocking it only when I need > to access files on it. > > I have also a script which is started at regular intervals, which copies > some critical files on the SD card when it is unlocked. I was using till > recently a *very* old version of cygwin (probably downloaded 10 years ago), > in which I could check whether my SD card was unlocked or not by using *if > [ -d <folder-on-SD-card> ]*. I have downloaded a new version of cygwin in > January, as I migrated to Windows 10 and was encountering some issues with > it. Since I upgraded, this test is not working anymore. When the SD card is > unlocked, testing " -d <folder> " returns TRUE. It returns FALSE when I do > the same test on a non Bitlocker volume for a non-existent folder (which is > the expected behaviour). > > I guess there are probably other issues related to accessing locked > Bitlocker volumes. > > > If someone is wanting to solve this, don't hesitate to contact me if you > need more details or if you want me to make tests. > > > Kind regards, > > Vincent > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
