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Re: Something I still don't get (IFS directory authorities, zipping a tree, and unzipping it elsewhere)

On 11/28/18, 5:49 PM, Jack Woehr wrote:
. . .
In any case modern archive utils are disinclined to create files with world
write permission.
. . .
chmod -R is your friend if you are unhappy at the result.

Thankfully, as I confirmed with a test this morning, since all the branches and twigs of the "foo" trunk retain their "777" mode bits, it actually doesn't matter whether the trunk gets changed to "755"; the application works right just the same.

But thanks for the explanation.

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JHHL

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