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Re: Chmod: -L option
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: Chmod: -L option |
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Thu, 8 Dec 2016 17:23:56 +0000 |
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On 23/11/16 07:41, Jakub Martisko wrote:
> Hello, according to the man page: "In contrast, chmod
> ignores symbolic links encountered during recursive
> directory traversals". Is there any reason for this? I've
> done a bit of mailing list archaeology and found this [1]
> thread with patch. I might try to rewrite the patch for
> current version and add some tests if there is no reason
> that would discourage from having this functionality.
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> JM
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> [1]
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2011-12/msg00089.html
I've not dug into the consequences of this,
but on the face of it the patch looks useful.
thanks,
Pádraig