Re: [Sheflug] dumb question

[David Holden <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxx>]

My chmod man says

execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute 
permission for some user (X).

So I assume it sets the the file to execute only if the above conditions 
are met.

   dave.



Andrew Basterfield wrote:
> Can somebody explain the function and uses of file permission bit 'X'? I
> have read the GNU and BSD man pages for chmod(1) but I still don't see
> what use it is.
> 
> thanks
> 
> --Andrew
> 

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