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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!metter!openage!gryphon
- From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
- Subject: Re: feature?
- Organization: Open Age, Inc.
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:09:12 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.220912.13656@openage.openage.com>
- References: <1992Nov18.012954.25078@wa4phy>
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- sam@wa4phy (Sam Drinkard) writes:
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- >Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I just noticed something.. when I do an
- >"rm -rf *" from, say ~nuucp, or /tmp, how come it changes the permissions
- >of that directory afterwards. Does it remove the directory too, then
- >re-create it?
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- >inquiring minds would like to know..
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- You could check the inode number before and after.
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