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Re: Autotest: make test dir writable before removing


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: Autotest: make test dir writable before removing
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:46:06 -0700
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Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

>       * lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Make test dir content
>       writable before removing.

I have a few qualms about invoking "chmod u+w" as I worry it might run
afoul of people who have deliberately set up their directories in
weird ways.

coreutils addresses this problem by putting traps in its test cases,
so that the traps can do a chmod u+w; does that work for you?

chmod -R is portable these days, by the way.




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