"permission denied" issues when removing files/folders created by cygwin

[Michael Enright]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Roger Pack  wrote:
> It appears the problem lies with creating a file named "NUL" windows
> utilities just don't know how to deal with it (you can recreate it by
> creating a folder, then from cygwin bash $ touch NUL) then try and
> remove the folder with windows explorer.

The utilities "know" how to deal with it, given their design:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/10/22/55388.aspx

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