You should delete all the target thing's permissions first to guarantee starting from a clean slate.
$ setfacl -kb z2/ && getfacl z1/ |setfacl -f - z2/ This works for me with the latest packages. HTH, Chris -- 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