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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd
  3. From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
  4. Subject: Re: Octal chmod status
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug26.101714.23811@prl.dec.com>
  6. Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: prl313.prl.dec.com
  8. Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory
  9. References: <1992Aug18.181609.8988@news.eng.convex.com> <Bt7t36.1w3@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> <1992Aug19.130558.8488@news.eng.convex.com> <1992Aug25.042522.3198@ve3ied.UUCP>
  10. Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 10:17:14 GMT
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  13. In any case, chmod(1) should be fixed to conform to the school of
  14. thought of `programming the inputs', eg:
  15.  
  16.     chmod -rwxr-xr-x file
  17.  
  18. does the same as:
  19.  
  20.     chmod 755 file
  21.  
  22. It should ignore the leading file type character, ie -pds etc.
  23.  
  24.  
  25. Boyd Roberts            boyd@prl.dec.com
  26.  
  27. ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''
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