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author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2005-04-24 04:46:33 +0000 |
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committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2005-04-24 04:46:33 +0000 |
commit | 8e794ef5bd49d336e9e4ddb5a8aeef84f3ff6862 (patch) | |
tree | 1159eadf63d4402746a24ddb2ec7087a2354c20a /doc/coreutils.texi | |
parent | 4bc27aff4c065dd2fe61d835a79d985995fc1eca (diff) | |
download | coreutils-8e794ef5bd49d336e9e4ddb5a8aeef84f3ff6862.tar.xz |
* coreutils.texi (install invocation): Use a= instead of 0 for
the point of departure for -m, and explain what it meeams.
(mkdir invocation, mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation):
The umask does not affect the point of departure.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/coreutils.texi')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 27d70d0cf..986ce7745 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -7013,8 +7013,9 @@ may be either a group name or a numeric group ID. @cindex permissions of installed files, setting Set the permissions for the installed file or directory to @var{mode}, which can be either an octal number, or a symbolic mode as in -@command{chmod}, with 0 as the point of departure (@pxref{File -permissions}). The default mode is @samp{u=rwx,go=rx}---read, write, +@command{chmod}, with @samp{a=} (no access allowed to anyone) as the +point of departure (@pxref{File permissions}). +The default mode is @samp{u=rwx,go=rx}---read, write, and execute for the owner, and read and execute for group and other. @item -o @var{owner} @@ -7766,8 +7767,7 @@ The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. @cindex modes of created directories, setting Set the mode of created directories to @var{mode}, which is symbolic as in @command{chmod} and uses @samp{a=rwx} (read, write and execute allowed for -everyone) minus the bits set in the umask for the point of the -departure. @xref{File permissions}. +everyone) for the point of the departure. @xref{File permissions}. @item -p @itemx --parents @@ -7819,8 +7819,8 @@ The program accepts the following option. Also see @ref{Common options}. @opindex --mode @cindex modes of created FIFOs, setting Set the mode of created FIFOs to @var{mode}, which is symbolic as in -@command{chmod} and uses @samp{a=rw} (read and write allowed for everyone) minus -the bits set in the umask for the point of departure. @xref{File permissions}. +@command{chmod} and uses @samp{a=rw} (read and write allowed for everyone) +for the point of departure. @xref{File permissions}. @end table @@ -7890,8 +7890,8 @@ The program accepts the following option. Also see @ref{Common options}. @opindex -m @opindex --mode Set the mode of created files to @var{mode}, which is symbolic as in -@command{chmod} and uses @samp{a=rw} minus the bits set in the umask as the point -of departure. @xref{File permissions}. +@command{chmod} and uses @samp{a=rw} as the point of departure. +@xref{File permissions}. @end table |