jnorman@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Sci-Fi) (09/14/90)
How can one change the file type attibute ??? for instance... drwxr--r-- to ~rwxr--r-- Is this possible? -- _ , _ , jnorman@gmuvax _jnorman@gmuvax2.gmu.edu/ ' ) / / ' ) / (Bitnet) // _/_ (Usenet) _/_ / /--/ _ __/ /-< ______ _ . . // / __. ____ / / / (_</_(_/_ / ) (_) / <_/_)_(_/_</__<__(_/|_/ / <_<__ o
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (09/19/90)
In article <2284@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> jnorman@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Sci-Fi) writes: >How can one change the file type attibute ??? for instance... > >drwxr--r-- to >~rwxr--r-- > How about cp (like in cp dir file) followed by rm -rf dir; mv file dir Or if you are really trying to change that bit, you can use fsdb (not for the light-hearted), or write a quick and dirty program to read the raw filesystem to make the change. To do either of these things you normally need root access (since mucking around in the file system can damage it and cause a system panic). -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
rns@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Rick Schubert) (09/20/90)
In <1990Sep19.015106.22922@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: >In article <2284@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> jnorman@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Sci-Fi) writes: >>How can one change the file type attibute ??? >How about cp (like in cp dir file) followed by rm -rf dir; mv file dir The version of `cp' that runs on our system does not allow this (it complains that `dir' is a directory). Instead, cat dir >file should work. -- Rick Schubert (rns@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM)