On Fri 2000-08-04 (03:14), Cherie Hays wrote:
> Good morning,
> 
> I recently grabbed the newest mkisofs ( mkisofs 1.12.1 ) ..and seem to be having 
>some trouble
> the following: 
> mkisofs -JR -o /mnt/DOS_hda8/image -f /mnt/DOS_hda8/backups
> is creating an image which is executable..
> - -rwxr-xr-x   1 where    users    74474163 Aug  4 03:07 image*
> is this normal???????

Check the mount options for /mnt/DOS*. DOS filesystems have no
"executable" attribute, so mount might have added one.

> One other question..is it necessary to recurse directories on the -f switch if say 
>other_crap/ resided within the directory given above?
> ie, do i need to use :
> - -f  mnt/DOS_hda8/backups mnt/DOS_hda8/backups/other_crap 
> or is that just a given?

I'll leave this for the others who will cite from man pages...

Steffen
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