Re: [LI] FTP restrictions...

[Vimal Mathew <vml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 11 November 1999, Rohit wrote:
> Hey, I only wished to outline the use of - instead of =.
> Am I wrong?
       Sort of.... = lets you give the permissions absolutely, while
 - is relative. Eg.- Suppose your permissions are now "rwxrw-rw-",
and you give "chmod -x <filename>", the new ones are "rw-rw-rw-", but
with "=", you specify the new ones, ie. "chmod =x <filename>" makes
it "--x--x--x".
      In other words, "-" subtracts the give perm. from the present
permissions, while "=" directly specifies the new ones...
Bye,
--vml
Model Engg. College, Cochin


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