Make executable scripts executable

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Wed Mar 29 08:48:00 GMT 2000


  In message < 38E225C8.EDC44127@sco.com >you write:
  > 
  > Sometimes, when people download the CVS sources,
  > they wind un with shell scripts that are not executable.
  > This would add "chmod a+x" functionality to the touch
  > function.  OK to apply?
It shouldn't be necessary.  I thought CVS was supposed to preserve
permissions -- in which case the right fix is to identify the files
and have someone chmod +x them in the CVS repo itself.

jeff



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