oh, I forgot to mention: right after doing the rm, the return code is success, even though it failed to actually remove the file.
d...@w2 ~ $ rm -f goo/foo d...@w2 ~ $ echo $? 0 On 1/13/09, greenup greenup <gree...@gmail.com> wrote: >... > d...@w2 ~ > $ mkdir goo > > d...@w2 ~ > $ touch goo/foo > > d...@w2 ~ > $ chmod 400 goo/foo > > d...@w2 ~ > $ rm -f goo/foo > > d...@w2 ~ > $ ls -la goo > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x+ 2 dz mkgroup-l-d 0 Jan 13 08:10 . > drwxrwx---+ 23 Administrators SYSTEM 0 Jan 13 08:10 .. > -r-------- 1 dz mkgroup-l-d 0 Jan 13 08:10 foo > > ... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/