sticky bit?

[Fritz Whittington]

On or about 2004-01-05 20:04, Peter Kiem whipped out a trusty #2 pencil 
and scribbled:

>>Right! There it is! I was trying to set it and expecting to see that 't'
>>but
>>could not make it happen to a file.
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>I think under Linux you can only do it to a directory not files.
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>>(Don't worry, this is just a home machine and I'm just playing. There is
>>nothing of value on the system yet. I may completely reinstall once I get
>>the
>>hang of things.)
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>Been there, done that :)
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Please go back there and do a "man chmod", which will show you two very 
clear paragraphs about the sticky bit on files and directories, 
answering all your questions.

-- 
Fritz Whittington
He not busy being born is busy dying. (Bob Dylan)