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du.exe v3.5/4.1 or v3.16/4.0: where is the bug?
- From: "Elisabetta Flamini" <Elisabetta_Flamini at it dot ibm dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Cc: Paul_Keeler/UK/IBM%IBMIT <Paul_Keeler/UK/IBM at it dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:16:18 +0200
- Subject: du.exe v3.5/4.1 or v3.16/4.0: where is the bug?
Hello.
My problem is about different versions of du.exe that work in a different
way.
Details:
the argument is executing du against a file owned by a different user than
the one running du.
first case:
du <file>
<disk usage> <file>
du --version
GNU fileutils 3.5
GNU fileutils 4.1
second case:
du <file>
<file>: Permission denied
du --version
GNU fileutils 3.16
GNU fileutils 4.0
In other words, using version 3.16 or 4.0 du fails to execute due to
restricted permissions on the file.
What I wonder is why the behaviour changed through all those du.exe
versions and finally what should be the right way of working.
Many thanks,
Elisabetta
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