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Date:      Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:35:41 -0700
From:      "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   mkisofs man page... HUH?
Message-ID:  <2118.1320536141@tristatelogic.com>

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Looking at the man page for mkisofs I see the following:


       -r     ....................... If any of the special mode bits are set,
              clear  them,  because  file  locks are not useful on a read-only
              file system, ...

Just curious:  What the bleep have file mode bits got to do with file locking?

I'm personally not aware of any connection between the two.

Somebody please enlighten me.



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