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Re: chmod -- Setting the sticky bit for/from the current directory


I think this is supposed to be a feature.  I think /usr/bin and /bin
are mapped to the same location if memory serves me right.

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:24:03 -0400, LDR <lee@veritech.com> wrote:
> 
> | The following script excerpt explains the problem best:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/bash
> ...
> 
> #   Set the sticky bit and get the ownership & permissions of the
> # current dir right
> 
> #   Convoluted logic, here of moving up a directory level to change
> # the sticky bit on what was the current directory was required by:
> #     chmod +t .
> # works from the 'bash' command line but not from a 'bash' shell
> # script.
> #   Same for:
> #     chmod +t $PWD
> 
> pwd1=$PWD
> cd ..
> chmod -v +t $pwd1
> cd $pwd1
> 
> ...
> 
> Note that the interactive shell as well as the script shell  are 'bash',
> although the
> interactive shell is invoked as /bin/bash, rather than /usr/bin/bash.
> 
> Is this a feature or a bug? Why? Is it Cygwin-specific, Bash-specific,
> or what?
> 
> signed,
> 
> intermmittentLee sTicky :-P
> 
> |
> 
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