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Re: chmod: man page clarification for letter X


From: Kaz Kylheku (Coreutils)
Subject: Re: chmod: man page clarification for letter X
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:21:29 -0700
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On 2020-10-08 10:28, Tomás Fernandes wrote:
Hello,

I've recently come across chmod's man page as someone who is not very
experienced (1st year CS undergrad), and found that the definition of the
letter X in the man page a bit unclear, more specifically this part (in
bold):

execute/search only if the file is a directory or already has execute
permission
*for **some user* (X)


In my opinion this could be worded slightly better and more clearly as:

execute/search only if the file is a directory or already has execute
permission
*for **user, group or other* (X)

How about "X behaves like x if the object already has any execute
permission bit set, otherwise it has no effect."




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