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From: rickert@CS.NIU.EDU (Neil Rickert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Sticky bit on directories.
Message-ID: <9006081737.AA02567@cs.niu.edu>
Date: 8 Jun 90 17:37:02 GMT
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  Say there is a file  'notmine' in /tmp.

  I try:   rm  notmine

rm:  notmine  not removed

  --------

  I try:   touch x
           mv x notmine
           rm notmine
 Bingo.  'notmine' has gone.

  Is this the way the sticky bit is supposed to work?

  (Umax 4.3 with NFS).


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  Neil W. Rickert, Computer Sci Dept, Northern Illinois U., DeKalb IL 60115
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