What is meaning of this code: chomd +x mydate
Brian Fahrlander
brian at fahrlander.net
Wed Oct 13 11:15:17 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 05:26, Clint Harshaw wrote:
> root wrote: <<---- this isn't good. Use root only for maintenance.
> > Hi,
> > I want to edit a shell shript file which name is mydate. But How can
> > I run this shell shript file. Someone told me to use "chomd +x mydate",
> > but what meaning it is and where I should use!
> > Thanks a lot!
>
> Be careful of the misspelling -- the command you are looking for is
>
> chmod +x mydate
> (not chomd)
>
> Others have already talked about what chmod does and where to find more
> information about its use, but I just wanted to be sure you caught the
> spelling needed!
Good call, Clint. On all these commands, don't forget "man chmod",
too.
I didn't realize that no "a" intimates an "a". I've been using
"chmod a+x myfile" since the late 80's. Good to know.
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