GNU bug report logs - #10257
23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.3+1-4

Fixed in version 24.0.93

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: jari <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10257: 23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:29:47 -0500

On 12/14/2011 9:15 AM, jari wrote:
> Yes, Windows NT EMacs port works fine. No problems
>
> - File on remote drive are not marked read-only
> - File on remote drive are written without asking.

So can you look into how the native Windows port implements 
check_writable?  Maybe we can do something similar on Cygwin.

Ken
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