Re: possible new feature for chmod

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   Because the same syntax is used in other places, e.g.:

     install -m %-rw-rw-r-- file directory
     mkdir -m %drwxr-xr-x directory

   and similarly for mkfifo and mknod.

Cool, I didn't know this.

   If you don't like '%', perhaps you'd prefer '@'?  That might be a
   little clearer.

Since install, mkdir, mkfifo and mknod already use the above syntax,
then I think its better to stay consitent with them and use the same
for chmod.  As for which one is clearer, no opinion there since I
thought that the whole "%MODE" thing was just something new.