Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: question about Ext2/3 append-only attributes | From | Robert Love <> | Date | Tue, 03 May 2005 18:24:34 -0400 |
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On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 16:58 -0400, Xin Zhao wrote:
> I read some specification says that if append-only is set to a > directory, you can only create or modify files in that directory, but > no delete.
I suspect that your interpretation of the specification is wrong.
+a says that files can only be opened in append mode--O_APPEND. It is very specific as to what it allows.
Perhaps you want the sticky bit, +t, set on the directory?
Robert Love
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