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Re: access() function in 1.7
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:13:49 +0100
- Subject: Re: access() function in 1.7
- References: <497AC602.6050709@gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Jan 24 18:40, David Billinghurst wrote:
> I am having a problem with the access() function in cygwin-1.7.
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38956
>[...]
> Under cygwin-1.5
> $ ./test_access
> access = -1
>
> Under cygwin-1.7
> $ ./test_access.exe
> access = -1
I assume you mean "access = 0" under 1.7. If that's what you see, the
test probably works as designed. You're running the test under an
administrative account. Admin accounts have always the right to write,
same as under Linux.
Corinna
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