Greetings, Steven Penny! > With Linux, these commands produce expected results:
> $ cd /tmp > $ touch alpha.txt > $ test -r alpha.txt; echo "$?" > 0 > $ chmod -r alpha.txt > $ test -r alpha.txt; echo "$?" > 1 > $ chmod +r alpha.txt > $ test -r alpha.txt; echo "$?" > 0 > However with Cygwin, unexpected results are produced: > $ cd /tmp > $ touch alpha.txt > $ test -r alpha.txt; echo "$?" > 0 > $ chmod -r alpha.txt > $ test -r alpha.txt; echo "$?" > 0 > It seems Cygwin is not able to produce non-readable files. It's not Cygwin, it's test, like many other programs in this case, make false assumptions on file readability/writability based on their interpretation of file permissions. The only true test for readability is to open file for reading. The only true test for writability is to open file for writing. Successfully. The rest is merely a guesswork. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Monday, December 24, 2018 1:17:48 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
