Hello Michael,
* Michael V. Antosha wrote on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:07:50PM CET:
> --- standards.texi 2011-01-24 09:47:11 +0000
> +++ standards.texi 2011-01-24 10:28:12 +0000
> @@ -703,7 +703,12 @@
> @noindent
> or by using the @code{mkstemps} function from libiberty.
>
> -In bash, use @code{set -C} to avoid this problem.
> +In bash scripts, use @code{set -C} (@code{set -o noclobber})
> +to avoid this problem.
FWIW, th above looks like a good change to me, but of course Karl is the
person to handle this.
> +@c But, anyway, how this prevents from creating world readable files?
Well, you can do that already by setting your umask appropriately.
> +@c According to the bash man page, noclobber should prevent from
> +@c unintentional truncating to zero size of existing files,
> +@c but in case file doesn't exist, it just created. -- mivael
Which is exactly what is intended here, no?
Cheers,
Ralf
