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Re: Quake Segfaults



On: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 05:49:18 -0500 Ed Cogburn writes:

>> > drwxrwxrwt   6 root     root         6144 Jun  6 14:07 /tmp/
>> >
>> > If this is not how it is do a 'chmod 1777 /tmp' as root.
>> 
>> Thanks! I got it before, but whats the 't'?? (all execute bit)
>> typo, or what is it?

> 't' is a special mode permission.  It indicates the use of the swap
> device for the item in question (I assume setting a dir to 't' says
> that all files created in that dir are to be cached on the swap
> device).  See info on File Permissions.

For a directory the set t-flag means that only the owner of a file may
delete it.

	Torsten

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