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stat(1) shouldn't call permissions "Access..."

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>,
 39613-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39613: stat(1) shouldn't call permissions "Access..."
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 11:27:46 +0000

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On 15/02/2020 02:15, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> (info "(coreutils) stat invocation") says,
>     • %a - Access rights in octal (note ‘#’ and ‘0’ printf flags)
>     • %A - Access rights in human readable form

Fair enough, as one might be confused that ACL info may be output.
This may be done in future, but until such time we can use
more accurate terminology.

I'll apply the attached later.
Marking this as done.

thanks,
Pádraig

[stat-a-doc.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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