In the man page for chmod, the attributes chmod manipulates are
documented thus:
The letters `rwxXstugo' select the new permissions for the
affected users: read (r), write (w), execute (or access
for directories) (x), execute only if the file is a direc
tory or already has execute permission for some user (X),
set user or group ID on execution (s), save program text
on swap device (t),
As you doubtless know, the "t" attribute is historical. On most modern
Unix systems it has no meaning for files and is ignored. On the other
hand, the "sticky bit's" special meaning for directories is not
mentioned here. I think mentioning these two things would improve the
documentation.
Regards,
Jason Stokes: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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