Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:52:45PM +0200, Willi Mann wrote: [...] >>> find /tmp/courier-0.47/debian/tmp -perm +u+x -type f | xargs chmod >>> u+rwx,go+rx [...] >> The reason is that findutils 4.2.2{4,5}-1 behave differently. (I don't >> know why exactly). If you change the -perm argument to >> -perm -u+x >> it works.
The whole thing is caused by | The GNU extension "find ... -perm +MODE" has been withdrawn because it | is incompatible with POSIX in obscure cases like "find ... -perm ++r". | Use the new syntax "find ... -perm /MODE" instead. Old usages will | still continue to work, so long as they don't conflict with POSIX. however, today I am too stupid to properly parse the way -perm works today. > That means something different. There's still an example using +g+w on > the find man page; if it's broken, isn't it a bug in find? It is indeed a bug that the manpage has not caught up - the info docs are up-to-date. I'll get this fixed. cu andreas -- "See, I told you they'd listen to Reason," [SPOILER] Svfurlr fnlf, fuhggvat qbja gur juveyvat tha. Neal Stephenson in "Snow Crash" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]