severity 34009 wishlist retitle 34009 doc: mkdir: warn that --mode doesn't affect parents stop
Hello, On 2019-01-07 8:36 a.m., 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
do warn that --mode doesn't affect any parents created. $ mkdir --mode 700 -p /tmp/g/h/i $ find /tmp/g -ls 55795 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 jidanni jidanni 60 Jan 7 23:30 /tmp/g 55796 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 jidanni jidanni 60 Jan 7 23:30 /tmp/g/h 55797 0 drwx------ 2 jidanni jidanni 40 Jan 7 23:30 /tmp/g/h/i Also warn on (info "(coreutils) mkdir invocation") more directly. Thanks.
The info manual does contain a short sentence about parents' modes: "To set the file permission bits of any newly-created parent directories to a value [...]" But this can be improved. Marking as wishlist. Patches are welcomed. regards, - assaf'