>Now, from a logical point of view, why moving a file into a directory doesn't fall into the "created into them" case?
Because (if on the same filesystem) you don't create a new file. You just link the file in the destination dir and unlink the file from the source dir. Regards, Wouter 2008/2/8, Pietro Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ok, my view is getting clearer ;-) > > > my problem in understanding the semantics of mv, cp -p and the rename(2) > function seems to be related to the terminology used in chmod(1) man page. > > This is the explanation of setuid (the same holds for setgid): > > "Directories with this bit set will force all files and subdirectories > created in them to be owned by the directory owner and not by the uid of > the creating process, if the underlying file system supports this feature" > > Now, from a logical point of view, why moving a file into a directory > doesn't fall into the "created into them" case? > > > -- > Pietro Cerutti > > PGP Public Key: > http://gahr.ch/pgp > > > -- [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] is binnenkort niet meer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is mijn nieuwe email-adres. ] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
