| Bill Jonas on Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:43:27 -0400 |
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 03:22:22PM -0400, Paul wrote: > Ug. What if we just take away all permissions, then use "chmod u+rx > targetname"? I know that that notation has limitations, but in this > case it would make things very clear and simple. What if it's already rwxr-xr-x? You'll need to first run "chmod a-rwx file" first, using two commands. Or you need to say something like "chmod a-rwx,u+rx file", which is still a good bit more typing than saying "500" instead of the permission string. If you prefer it that way, I suppose there's nothing wrong with it. However, once it clicks (and I remember very clearly the moment it did for me), you'll prefer the brevity of using the octal modes. I suppose, if you want, you could instead use GNU chmod's --reference switch, but I don't think I'd recommend it. -- Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin Attachment:
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