lists@m8y.org wrote: >On Fri, 9 May 2003, Winston Gutkowski wrote: >>>>Don't want to flog a dead horse, but if I read the manpages right it seems that >>-222 >>should be true only if the 'w' flag is on in all 3 positions, but >>+222 >>will be true only if the 'w' flag is on in *any* of the 3 positions. >>>>Is this right? Also, I didn't find any refernce to the shorthand +2. Perhaps it's one of those mystical osmosis things...:-) >>>>>>My reading of the manual is that: >>-222 examines bit 2 being on in all of the 3 areas >>+2 examines bit 2 being on in all of the 3 areas >>222 checks exact permissions 222 >>>>>>Erm. > +2 examines bit 2 being on in all of the 3 areas >should read > +2 examines bit 2 being on in any of the 3 areas >This doesn't look right! How can +2 be both all and any?!? >>A little careless vi yy >>>>>>>>-perm +mode >>>> Any of the permission bits mode are set for the file. >>>>>>>>-perm -222 is equivalent to -perm +2 >>>>>>>>>>>Either I'm dense or you're mistaken. >>>>>>>>I could be mistaken, but -perm +2 has always worked for me. I'll test it later. >>>>>>>>>>>Are you assuming a FAT file system? Cygwin takes advantage of NTFS >>>permissions when possible (and when the now-default ntsec option of the >>>CYGWIN environment variable is enabled). >>>>>>>>Nope, and yes, am aware :) >>>>>>>>>Randall Schulz >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>-- >>>Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >>>Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >>>Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >>>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>-- >>Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >>Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >>Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >>>>>>>>-- >>Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >>Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >>Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >>>>>>>>>>> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/