GNU bug report logs - #7523
chmod example in docs

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: nikkae <at> email.com

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 05:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: nikkae <at> email.com
Cc: 7523 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7523: chmod example in docs
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:12:08 -0700

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retitle 7523 chmod example in docs
thanks

On 11/30/2010 10:50 PM, nikkae <at> email.com wrote:
> The manual for CHMOD is very hard to understand.
> 
> The manual does not even have an example of CHMOD being used.
> 
> I have given up on CHMOD.

Which manual?  'chmod --help', which is reproduced in 'man chmod', or
the official documentation 'info coreutils chmod'?  However, you are
correct that the info pages do not currently have any example for chmod;
would you care to help us write a patch?

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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