From 97e1254a2db20f02405c2883041c0f1d345f3cd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Pool Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 23:55:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Notes on chmod. --- TODO | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index e2d1cc19..ad747fb6 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -302,6 +302,26 @@ TDB: structures. +chmod: + + On 12 Mar 2002, Dave Dykstra wrote: + > If we would add an option to do that functionality, I would vote for one + > that was more general which could mask off any set of permission bits and + > possibly add any set of bits. Perhaps a chmod-like syntax if it could be + > implemented simply. + + I think that would be good too. For example, people uploading files + to a web server might like to say + + rsync -avzP --chmod a+rX ./ sourcefrog.net:/home/www/sourcefrog/ + + Ideally the patch would implement as many of the gnu chmod semantics + as possible. I think the mode parser should be a separate function + that passes back something like (mask,set) description to the rest of + the program. For bonus points there would be a test case for the + parser. + + PLATFORMS ------------------------------------------------------------ Win32 -- 2.34.1