in reply to Check for root under Cygwin

What is the value of $< when you are logged on Cygwin?

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Re^2: Check for root under Cygwin
by vsespb (Chaplain) on Sep 02, 2013 at 11:53 UTC
    When I run cygwin session normal way, $< is 1001 and I am getting permission denied errors.

    If I start this session with "run as administrator", there are no more "permission denied" errors, but $< is same (1001)