On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 09:57:20AM -0700, Richard Crawford wrote:
> I have a script which opens a file, modifies it, and saves the contents to
> a new file. The new file must have the same permissions as the
> original. The original file is located with the find command:
>
> fine . -name '*.cfm' -print | while read i
> do
> # fix the file
> sed 's#/library#/Library#g' $i > $i.tmp && mv $i.tmp $i
> chmod <original permissions> $i
> done
>
> So how can I find out what the permissions of $i are before it's altered,
> so that I can reset those permissions when the manipulation is complete?
Use GNU chmod:
sol(0) ~ > chmod --help | grep reference
or: chmod [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
--reference=RFILE use RFILE's mode instead of MODE values
Achim
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