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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/perm.texi | 11 |
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diff --git a/doc/perm.texi b/doc/perm.texi index ee43938ab..966ccb50f 100644 --- a/doc/perm.texi +++ b/doc/perm.texi @@ -217,17 +217,14 @@ og-rxw @cindex copying existing permissions @cindex permissions, copying existing -You can base part of a file's permissions on part of its existing -permissions. To do this, instead of using @samp{r}, @samp{w}, or -@samp{x} after the operator, you use the letter @samp{u}, @samp{g}, or -@samp{o}. For example, the mode - +You can base a file's permissions on its existing permissions. To do +this, instead of using @samp{r}, @samp{w}, or @samp{x} after the +operator, you use the letter @samp{u}, @samp{g}, or @samp{o}. For +example, the mode @example o+g @end example - @noindent -@c FIXME describe the ls -l notation for showing permissions. adds the permissions for users who are in a file's group to the permissions that other users have for the file. Thus, if the file started out as mode 664 (@samp{rw-rw-r--}), the above mode would change |