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Re: master 9d626df: Add 'nofollow' flag to set-file-modes etc.
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Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
Re: master 9d626df: Add 'nofollow' flag to set-file-modes etc. |
Date: |
Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:15:56 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
Hi Paul,
>> But what shall I do if the target system runs GNU/Linux? chmod(1)
>> does not offer any comparable argument. Shall I simply ignore
>> nofollow there?
>
> How about something like this?
>
> if (chmod -h works); then
> chmod -h MODE FILE
> elif (test -h works); then
> test -h FILE && chmod MODE FILE
> else
> chmod MODE FILE
> fi
Hmm. In the Elisp manual, you have added to `set-file-modes':
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
On platforms that do not support changing mode bits on a symbolic link,
this function signals an error when FILENAME is a symbolic link and FLAG
is ‘nofollow’.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Shouldn't Tramp behave similar, and raise an error if "chmod -h" or
something similar does not work? "Equal rights for all" :-)
Best regards, Michael.