Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:32:23 +0200 (CEST) From: "G.P." <G.P@chatcity.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: pruess@yamuna.dalai-nor.de (G P) Subject: Re: symlink with mode Message-ID: <199909300932.LAA13446@yamuna.dalai-nor.de> In-Reply-To: <199909292313.BAA01323@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> from Oliver Fromme at "Sep 30, 99 01:13:38 am"
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> > What peculiar feature is it, that symlinks have modes !=0777 depending on > > the umask when they have been created? > > Symlinks are "almost" regular files, just with a special > meaning, so why shouldn't they have modes, too? Simply because modes don't have any meaning in the case of symlinks. > > > Of course the mode is inaccessible by chmod. > > chmod -H (see ``man chmod''). Yes, see ``man chmod''. Gunnar -- ###################################################### # # # "5.6 Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die # # Grenzen meiner Welt." # # # # -- Ludwig Wittgenstein # ###################################################### To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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