severity 34009 wishlist
retitle 34009 doc: mkdir: warn that --mode doesn't affect parents
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Hello,
On 2019-01-07 8:36 a.m., 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
do warn that --mode doesn't affect any parents created.
$ mkdir --mode 700 -p /tmp/g/h/i
$ find /tmp/g -ls
55795 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 jidanni jidanni 60 Jan 7 23:30 /tmp/g
55796 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 jidanni jidanni 60 Jan 7 23:30
/tmp/g/h
55797 0 drwx------ 2 jidanni jidanni 40 Jan 7 23:30
/tmp/g/h/i
Also warn on (info "(coreutils) mkdir invocation") more directly. Thanks.
The info manual does contain a short sentence about parents' modes:
"To set the file permission bits of any newly-created parent
directories to a value [...]"
But this can be improved.
Marking as wishlist. Patches are welcomed.
regards,
- assaf'
