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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-12-30 16:51:24 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-12-30 16:51:24 +0000
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append-only directories -> restricted deletion flag,
which is the term that POSIX d5 uses for this notion.
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@@ -69,11 +69,12 @@ matter what group the user who creates them is in.
@cindex sticky
@cindex swap space, saving text image in
@cindex text image, saving in swap space
-@cindex append-only directories
+@cindex restricted deletion flag
save the program's text image on the swap device so it will load more
quickly when run (called the @dfn{sticky bit}). For directories on some
-systems, prevent users from removing files that they do not own in the
-directory; this is called making the directory @dfn{append-only}.
+systems, prevent users from removing or renaming a file in a directory
+unless they own the file or the directory; this is called the
+@dfn{restriction deletion flag} for the directory.
@end enumerate
@node Symbolic Modes