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28.2; file-modes-symbolic-to-number inconsistency

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 61708 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61708: 28.2; file-modes-symbolic-to-number inconsistency
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:26:09 +0100

On Feb 22 2023, Thierry Volpiatto wrote:

> (format "%o" (file-modes-symbolic-to-number "u=rwx,g=r-x,o=---"))
> "740"

This is the correct interpretation of the mode string, with "g=r-x"
meaning the same as "g=r,g-x" or just "g=r".

See
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/chmod.html
for the full syntax.

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