Mark Ellis wrote:
First awkward question from me !
I'm a little confused about the use of the permissions tag in mkdir, I
spotted this when updating my mkdir handler from using <mode> to
<permissions>.
As a concept, <permissions> in mkdir is fine, but we have <permissions>
defined as a completely separate handler, is it wise to use an element
of the same name in two completely different situations ? The DTD
description of mkdir actually points to the permissions handler, which
would be moderately non-sensical, as this would be asking for the base
dir and target file information twice for the same operation. At best
you'll never be able to validate a profile, at worst this will be
downright confusing.
Any thoughts ?
Ta
Mark
Just think of the <permissions> element as a wrapper for the chmod
command. It allows you to set permissions on a directory when you
create it, like the install command allows, all in one step. I do not
understand what you are speaking about in the last part of your second
paragraph.
James
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