Roland Eggner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> install -m a-x SOURCE DEST
> install -m a-X SOURCE DEST
> both commands reset ALL bits like "chmod 000 DEST", should ONLY reset
> executable bits!
Thanks for the report, but install has always worked that way.
That is the documented and long-accepted behavior.
In "info coreutils install", you can read that the starting
point for "relative" modes like "a-x" is 000, or "a=":
`-m MODE'
`--mode=MODE'
Set the permissions for the installed file or directory to MODE,
which can be either an octal number, or a symbolic mode as in
`chmod', with `a=' (no access allowed to anyone) as the point of
departure (*note File permissions::). The default mode is
`u=rwx,go=rx'--read, write, and execute for the owner, and read
and execute for group and other.
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