RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated [experimental]: findutils-4.3.0-1

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

Igor Peshansky wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Eric Blake wrote:
> 
>>> Ok, thanks!  BTW, is /0444 also new?  Didn't it use to be +0444?
>> 
>> Yes.  Actually, -perm +0444 still does the same as -perm /444,
>> (as it is an extension to POSIX), but -perm +a+r does not
>> behave like -perm /a+r (POSIX requires -perm +a+r to behave
>> the same as -perm 444, not -perm /444).
>> 
>> Or you could reread the manual:
> 
> Umm, yeah.  Looks like either the manpage needs to be updated (or my
> ingrained Unix reflex to go to the manpage instead of the info file is
> badly out of date).  If only we had a better info reader...

  Well, if you really reckon the manpage reader is so much better than the
info reader that you'd usually rather read man pages, you can read an info
file with that same manpage-retro-look-and-feel by ...

   info <topic> | less

 >> Shoot - did I just give a valid technical reply on the -talk list?  I
>> just hope no hippos fall on me tonight!
> 
> Well, technically, hippos don't fall -- they get dropped...
> Who-o-o-osh...  *SPLAT*!
> 	Igor

  I'm starting to think some of them are jumping ... 


    cheers,
      DaveK
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