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Re: Scripting Image Events - some kind of bug ?
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Re: Scripting Image Events - some kind of bug ?


  • Subject: Re: Scripting Image Events - some kind of bug ?
  • From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:36:58 -0700

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:48:42 -0500, Adam Wuellner <email@hidden>
said:
>On 9/13/05, Christopher Nebel <email@hidden> wrote:
>> ...mkdir(1) has a "-p" option that will
>> create *all* the folders specified in the path. ...
>
>A word of warning about mkdir -p...  when used in conjuction with the
>-m [mode] option, the specified mode (permissions specification, as
>used in chmod) is only applied to the final directory.  The
>intermediate directories that are created by virtue of the -p option
>potentially will have different permission bits.  This can be a
>nuisance in certain situations.  Details are in the man page.

Of course, the Finder's own ability to apply the correct permissions when
creating a folder is no better. To see an example, make a folder at the top
level of your home directory. The permissions will be wrong. m.

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