Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:43:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:43:36 -0500 Received: from [195.66.192.167] ([195.66.192.167]:17422 "EHLO Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:40:59 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: vda To: James A Sutherland , Horst von Brand Subject: Re: x bit for dirs: misfeature? Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:39:58 +0000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200111191644.fAJGileU019108@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01111919395802.07749@nemo> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Monday 19 November 2001 17:24, James A Sutherland wrote: > > > Yes, I see... All I can do is to add workarounds (ok,ok, 'support') > > > to chmod and friends: > > > > > > chmod -R a+R dir - sets r for files and rx for dirs > > > > X sets x for dirs, leaves files alone. > > Which sounds like exactly the behaviour the original poster wanted, AFAICS? Yes, that sounds like the behaviour I want. But X flag does not do that. Sorry. James, I don't like flame wars. Lets ask ourself: does this thread have any useful results? Unfortunately, not many. Patches for chmod source would be better. Perhaps I should do that... Let's refrain from "you're fool... go read manpage" type discussions. Not productive. -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/