On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Chris S. <[email protected]> wrote:
> If I recall correctly, the executable bit gets set if you transfer
> that file to a FAT partition (like a flash drive).  I forget why this
> happens.

This would be because FAT doesn't support permissions at all, so "rwx"
permissions are invented by the kernel.  These get copied when you
copy the files...

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