Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:36:02 +0000 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 Message-ID: <200312141136.hBEBa2pD043994@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:42:46 %2B0100." <xzp7k101xfd.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= writes:
> It uses Perl directly to compute the numeric mode of a file. The
> version in -CURRENT uses a combination of stat(1), bc(1) and shell
> arithmetic which causes a syntax error in 4.x.
>
> Personally, I think it would be best if stat(1) could gain an option
> (-m perhaps) that makes it simply print its arguments' modes in octal.
Does 4.x's stat(1) have the "-s" switch? If so:
$ ( eval $(stat -s .profile) ; printf "%o %s\n" ${st_mode} ${st_mode} )
100644 0100644
Would that be any use?
M
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Mark Murray
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