permission denied when sed in place edit in mingw

Question

I'm using mingw.

  $ sed -i "s/a/b/" test.txt
  sed: preserving permissions for `./sed003480': Permission denied

I can touch/rm files in current dir.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14313318/permission-denied-when-sed-in-place-edit-in-mingw

Answer 1

It's caused by Windows security settings.

Open the folder's Properties settings from the context menu. In the Security tab, click Edit, press Add... in the pop-up window and add your user to the list, check Full Control in the Allow column. Press OK twice to apply the changes.