[ILUG] CHMOD

Proinnsias Breathnach proinnsias at linux.ie
Fri Jan 9 18:36:06 GMT 2009


On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 06:27:29PM +0000, Ken Guest wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Conor Mac Aoidh <conormacaoidh at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > I agree it is easier not to use the numbers - the other syntax makes more
> > sense.
> >
> 
> Ah but it is quicker for those that do know the numeric notation to type the
> numbers than waste keypresses and time ;-)
> 
Indeed - some of us old fogies don't even understand the newfangled u+x
notation anyways ... sure it's only binary 421421421 (rwxrwxrwx) ... how
hard can it be ? 

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