Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 10:51:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: George Reid <greid@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Modifying only certain bits with chmod Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0112061049360.6883-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <009101c17c12$649fe2e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > I ended up modifying the command, which was easier (for me) than memorizing the > symbolic syntax. ... > So ... what's the safest way to make this my system-wide command > without interfering with the standard chmod source and stuff? I > guess I could just copy the modified binary over to bin, no? What > do most people do when they develop their own local custom versions > of a command? Minimum impact: stick it in /usr/local/bin and ensure that that directory comes before /bin on your path. > I'm tempted to modify my own man page to reflect the change, but > looking at the chmod.1 file, it seems pretty scary. It's just HTML without angle brackets. jan -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Boycott Arabic numerals! What have they ever done for us? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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