Re: install sets execution permissions on files

[Gilles Espinasse]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Volkov" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:48 AM
Subject: install sets execution permissions on files


> Hi. I'm unsure if this is a bug but since I failed to find it documented
> anywhere or discussed on this mailing list here is the question:
> 
>  $ touch foo
>  $ install foo bar
> 
> install copies foo file to bar but it also _sets execution permissions_
> on bar. `info install` states:
> 
>    * If two file names are given, `install' copies the first file to the
>      second.
> 
> and nothing about permissions. So why install sets execution permissions
> on normal files? Should this be fixed on install or will you accept
> patch for documentation?
> 
man install say
       -m, --mode=MODE
              set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr-xr-x

Gilles