On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 00:43, A.J. Bonnema wrote:
Micheal wrote:
On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 00:10, A.J. Bonnema wrote:
How can I force a copied file to always have u+w on? Is it one of the sticky bits or is it just not possible?
Asking this because often cd's have the w-bit off which can be quite annoying, because I have to change the w-bit on with chmod afterward.
btw I use mc to copy files (usually).
I run an updated FC2 system.
Guus.
-- A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands, user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org)
Via the great "man cp" ...
-p same as --preserve= mode, ownership,
timestamps --preserve[=ATTR_LIST] preserve the specified attributes (default: mode,owner-ship,timestamps) and security contexts, if possible additional attributes: links, all
This should do it for you
HTH
Micheal
Hi Michael,
Thanks for you answer, but I need the opposite. I want the write attribute to be set even if the original file does not have the write attibute set, depending on the target directory.
Possible?
Guus. -- A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands, user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org)
A.J
Sorry about that, Its late here in the US...
I don't think there is going to be a one stop shop for that. I tried googling but no luck there.
You "could" write a bash script to copy the file and chmod +w it, that might save you a few keystrokes.
Other than that I'm out of ideas
Micheal
Ok, thanks for the effort, I suspected as much. I hoped there would be some sticky bit (of which I still don't completely grasp the functionality) that solved this....
I was wondering whether umask could do the job, but man umask is too cryptic for me. I'll see if the ref guide of rh9 has any answers.
Guus. -- A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands, user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org)
