Re: Get netrw to ignore executability of file

On Mar 30, 5:56 pm, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 30/03/13 20:46, AndyHancock wrote: FAT filesystems have no
> built-in executable bit. I'm less sure about NTFS filesystems. OTOH
> POSIX-compatible filesystems typically have "rwxrwxrwx" permissions,
> and IIRC Cygwin tries to simulate that for your Windows files. When
> I was on Windows (with Cygwin installed), ISTR that everything had
> the executable bits set from the Cygwin POV. Windows executables are
> of course distinguished by their extension (.EXE etc. for binaries,
> .BAT etc. for shell scripts) but you may also have bash scripts with
> either .sh or no extension at all, for use with Cygwin bash.
>
> You may try running chmod a+x * to mark everything as "executable",
> which will make the *distinction* disappear (everything will be the
> same again). GNU chmod has a -R (recursive) option but I'm not sure
> how to avoid looping forever on Cygwin's representation of your
> Windows filesystem. Maybe reading "man chmod" in a Cygwin bash shell
> may help you.

Thanks, Tony. I'm on Windows 7, so it's NTFS.

I just double checked, and whether a file is marked executable
according to "ls -l" in cygwin's bash seems to vary, though I'm not
sure how cygwin decides. "chmod -R" will fix it for the moment, but
the directory subtree that I intend to use netrw on typically varies
alot, so it's be great if I there is a way for netrw to ignore
executability.

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