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Re: UNIX challenge of the day

  • Subject: Re: UNIX challenge of the day
  • From: Toby Inkster <usenet200509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:03:27 +0100
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Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Toby, the big question is: did you /intentionally/ choose one over the
> other, or was your riddle a side-effect? Answer only if you can be arsed.

Yes -- intentional. Saves three whole commands: "ls -l" to check the
original permissions, "chown" to change the owner and "chmod" to change
the mode.

-- 
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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