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mkdir: feature request --reference

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Message #29 received at 8749 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Shaun Jackman <sjackman <at> bcgsc.ca>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
	"8749 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <8749 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
Subject: Re: bug#8749: mkdir: feature request --reference
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:21:08 +0200

Shaun Jackman <sjackman <at> bcgsc.ca> writes:

> My use case is working in a directory shared amongst a group of users.
> My umask is 022. I run
> mkdir -pm775 project/subproject
> and I'd like both project and project/subproject to be group-writable.

If the filesystem supports ACLs then you can add a default ACL to the
project directory with `setfacl -m d:g::rwx'.  This will arrange to
grant group write access by default to all newly created
files/directories in that directory.

Andreas.

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