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author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-01-02 07:42:35 +0000 |
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committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-01-02 07:42:35 +0000 |
commit | 6aab791a58f94cdbfa150176c2df13eadc9d5da6 (patch) | |
tree | 71e2fb9677d03cb2000b49cf884bda792c3cb438 | |
parent | c0dac69808f8223cdfe9d1a1c2fdfa224ea0ead4 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-6aab791a58f94cdbfa150176c2df13eadc9d5da6.tar.xz |
Fix typo in previous change.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/perm.texi b/doc/perm.texi index eb24975f3..b3d00619c 100644 --- a/doc/perm.texi +++ b/doc/perm.texi @@ -286,15 +286,15 @@ In addition to changing a file's read, write, and execute permissions, you can change its special mode bits. @xref{Mode Structure}, for a summary of these special mode bits. -To change a file's mode bit to set the user ID on execution, use +To change the file mode bits to set the user ID on execution, use @samp{u} in the @var{users} part of the symbolic mode and @samp{s} instead of the @var{permissions} part. -To change a file's mode bit to set the group ID on execution, use +To change the file mode bits to set the group ID on execution, use @samp{g} in the @var{users} part of the symbolic mode and @samp{s} instead of the @var{permissions} part. -To change a file's mode bit to set the restricted deletion flag or sticky bit, +To change the file mode bits to set the restricted deletion flag or sticky bit, omit the @var{users} part of the symbolic mode (or use @samp{a}) and use @samp{t} instead of the @var{permissions} part. @@ -469,8 +469,8 @@ This number is always interpreted in octal; you do not have to add a leading 0, as you do in C. Mode 0055 is the same as mode 55. A numeric mode is usually shorter than the corresponding symbolic -mode, but it is limited in that it cannot take into account a file's -previous mode bits; it can only set them absolutely. +mode, but it is limited in that it cannot take into account the +previous file mode bits; it can only set them absolutely. The permissions granted to the user, to other users in the file's group, |