[ale] RSync Permissions Question

[esoteric at denali.atlnet.com (Wandered Inn)]

Jeff Dilcher wrote:
> 
> Actually, these have been synced from
> 
> Linux  -->  WinME --> Linux
> 
> Shouldn't the file that winds up on Linux
> have the same permsissions as it did when
> it originated from there.

I don't think so, because there's no concept of perms in WinME,
therefore, there's no way for WinME to pass on perms from the first
Linux box to the second.


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