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diff --git a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt index 283119d574..cae37f77d3 100644 --- a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt +++ b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt @@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ There are a few non-trivial blocks: * c: a character device file * b: a block device file * p: a named pipe -- +mode+, +uid+ and +gid+ are the usual permissions settings -- +major+ and +minor+ are here for device files - set to - for other +- +mode+, +uid+ and +gid+ are the usual permissions settings (only + numerical values are allowed) +- +major+ and +minor+ are here for device files, set to +-+ for other files - +start+, +inc+ and +count+ are for when you want to create a batch of files, and can be reduced to a loop, beginning at +start+, @@ -43,10 +44,12 @@ this syntax, you will need to put: ---- Alternatively, if you want to change owner/permission of a directory -recursively, you can put: +recursively, you can put (to set UID to 123, GID to 456 and access +rights to rwxr-x--- for the directory /usr/share/myapp and all files +and directories below it): ---- -/usr/share/myapp r 750 myuser myuser - - - - - +/usr/share/myapp r 750 123 456 - - - - - ---- On the other hand, if you want to create the device file +/dev/hda+ |
