[olug] 'chmod +x' no longer means 'chmod ugo+x' ?

Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T jeffh at dundeemt.com
Thu Apr 19 16:59:37 UTC 2007


On 4/19/07, Jay Hannah <jay at jays.net> wrote:
> Curious. I've been typing chmod +x as a shortcut for chmod ugo+x
> forever. I typed it today and only u+x was set. SuSE Enterprise 10.0.
>
> One of those weird little double-take moments.  :)
>
> j
> definitely getting old
> "back in MY day...!!"
>

It still does on Ubuntu 6.10 and FBSD 6.2 -- that would have caught me too.

-Jeff



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