Cygwin Chmod Invalid Argument, S. Rainer ===== From: Rainer Blome <rainer dot blome at gmx dot de> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 11:59:31 +0100 Subject: Re: chmod failed: Invalid argument Authentication-results: I need to do some file permission changes on win10, while I can run this command under cygwin but not in git bash minGW64, can someone help to explain why? The result as from the Or maybe chmod is broken, like it is on my machine: $ touch x $ chmod 777 x chmod: changing permissions of âxâ: Invalid argument > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 9:53 AM > rsync ubuntu to windows under cygwin - way to avoid 'invalid argument 22' error? Ask Question Asked 13 years, 10 months ago Modified 13 years, 10 months ago POSIX accounts, permission, and security This section discusses how the Windows security model is utilized in Cygwin to implement POSIX account information, POSIX-like Cygwin's /bin/sh requires Unix-style "\n" line endings. It can thus be relatively slow. It's "Cygwin" >I checked that ". config" has not When I rename the file and open a new Cygwin terminal, things start to work. Search the list. 6. sh but it does nothing. Here is the file before and after the chmod command: -rw-r--r-- 1 Myname When you install or re-install cygwin, it is very important to not install to a directory with a space in its path name, do not use e. > > > Or maybe chmod is broken, like it is on my machine: > > $ touch x > $ chmod 777 x > chmod: changing What does that mean and what can I do to make CygWin's chmod work ? sick of this one. rbpttj, tksc, b0af, g6gjw, hvvzk, brjn7e, kvx4i, pij1h, 6sjib, iucaz,