On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 22:06, f5b wrote: > Should chmod(1) "Absolute modes" section rewrite, adding some text as > follows? > > Value Permission Directory Listing > 0 No read, no write, no execute --- > 1 No read, no write, execute --x > 2 No read, write, no execute -w- > 3 No read, write, execute -wx > 4 Read, no write, no execute r-- > 5 Read, no write, execute r-x > 6 Read, write, no execute rw- > 7 Read, write, execute rwx > > From > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/permissions.html
It's important to keep the man page ordering that differentiates 700 from 007. Although there's no reason for the man to list the 7 modes as is, since those are constructed by ORing other values. I think a combination would be clear: 1. Keep existing section, but removing 7 modes. 2. Add a table like the above after it.
