Xfig oddness as EPS is imported

[Franz Haeuslschmid]

Dear readers,

I'm running Xfig on top of up-to-date Cygwin installation.
Everything works as expected, however importing an EPS file as
picture object fails:


Could not parse EPS file with ghostscript: ±l^T^P'^C
ERROR from ghostscript:
AFPL Ghostscript 8.50: **** Could not open the file D:\cygwin\tmp\xfig-pic001496.pix .
Error: /invalidfileaccess in --.outputpage--
Operand stack:
   3   --nostringval--   1   true
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostri
gval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   2   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1124/1686(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:74/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: Permission denied
AFPL Ghostscript 8.50: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1


Note that I am indeed using the `gs' script as suggested in
<URL:http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin/40831>.  (For
aficionados of Usenet/Gmane:
news:<Pine.GSO.4.56.0311201455290.19459@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>.)

There is a file `xfig-pic001496.pix' in Cygwin's tmp folder,
however it has now owner.  That is, when I explore the file
properties (using the Explorer on my Windows XP Professional box)
there is _no_ tab for the security configuration for that special
file.  I then investigated the access permissions for
`D:\cygwin\tmp' -- I discovered a new user/group: NULL SID.  The
file magically disappears, when Xfig is closed.

I experienced this behavior previously, when I still used
Cygwin's version of ghostscript.  Therefore I assume that Xfig is
responsible for creating such files.


Any idea is appreciated,
Franz.