Reading the access attributes of directories in Windows

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <pan.2010.08.19.23.07.11.984000 at nowhere.com>, Nobody wrote:

> 1. There are far more permission types than just "rwx".

One thing Windows lacks is the ability to replace files that are currently 
open by another process. This is why Windows software updates require so 
many reboots. On Unix/Linux, you can replace the files, then restart the 
affected processes, instead of having to take them down for the entire 
duration of the update. This minimizes downtime.