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On Fri, 9 May 2003, Winston Gutkowski wrote:
> Don't want to flog a dead horse, but if I read the manpages right it seems that
> -222
> should be true only if the 'w' flag is on in all 3 positions, but
> +222
> will be true only if the 'w' flag is on in *any* of the 3 positions.
>
> Is this right? Also, I didn't find any refernce to the shorthand +2. Perhaps it's one of those mystical osmosis things...:-)
> My reading of the manual is that: > -222 examines bit 2 being on in all of the 3 areas > +2 examines bit 2 being on in all of the 3 areas > 222 checks exact permissions 222
Erm. +2 examines bit 2 being on in all of the 3 areas should read +2 examines bit 2 being on in any of the 3 areas
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