Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:44:06 +0100 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 Message-ID: <100583430.1071405846@cmantatzi.in.t-online.fr> In-Reply-To: <200312141136.hBEBa2pD043994@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <200312141136.hBEBa2pD043994@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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+-le 14/12/03 11:36 +0000, Mark Murray =E9crivait :
| Dag-Erling =3D?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=3DF8rgrav?=3D writes:
|> It uses Perl directly to compute the numeric mode of a file. The
|> version in -CURRENT uses a combination of stat(1), bc(1) and shell
|> arithmetic which causes a syntax error in 4.x.
|>=20
|> Personally, I think it would be best if stat(1) could gain an option
|> (-m perhaps) that makes it simply print its arguments' modes in octal.
|=20
| Does 4.x's stat(1) have the "-s" switch? If so:
|=20
| $ ( eval $(stat -s .profile) ; printf "%o %s\n" ${st_mode} ${st_mode} )
| 100644 0100644
|=20
| Would that be any use?
I don't believe 4.x has stat(1) anyway.
--=20
Mathieu Arnold
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