From bee873f407c622ea1b36d95ad9f2862b7c015f3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 03:27:51 +0000 Subject: . --- doc/perm.texi | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2