From: Josef Sipek <jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>
To: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] #define rwxr_xr_x 0755
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:22:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060728032240.GH24452@filer.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060727205911.GB5356@martell.zuzino.mipt.ru>
On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 12:59:11AM +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Every time I try to decipher S_I* combos I cry in pain. Often I just
> refer to include/linux/stat.h defines to find out what mode it is
> because numbers are actually quickier to understand.
>
> Compare and contrast:
>
> 0644 vs S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR vs rw_r__r__
>
> I'd say #2 really sucks.
Yep. I like the idea, but I think some kind of prefix is in order.
Josef Sipek.
--
"Memory is like gasoline. You use it up when you are running. Of course you
get it all back when you reboot..."; Actual explanation obtained from the
Micro$oft help desk.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-28 3:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-27 20:59 [RFC] #define rwxr_xr_x 0755 Alexey Dobriyan
2006-07-27 22:23 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-07-28 16:34 ` Handle X
2006-07-28 16:48 ` Josef Sipek
2006-07-29 1:43 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2006-07-29 7:59 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-07-28 3:22 ` Josef Sipek [this message]
2006-07-29 13:58 ` Johannes Weiner
2006-07-28 4:54 Albert Cahalan
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