Re: [tlug] cp oddity

[Shawn <javajunkie@example.com>]

On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 11:56 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> >>>>> "Shawn" == Shawn  <javajunkie@example.com> writes:
> 
>     Shawn> it's funny that when copying all of 11000+ files which are
>     Shawn> permissioned at 555, I sometimes get permission errors and
>     Shawn> mostly not
> 
>     Shawn> cp -R /media/cdrecorder /home/j/R/aba_2
>     Shawn> cp: cannot create regular file
> 
> "Create" requires w permission on the directory (as well as x
> permission on parents of that directory, IIRC).
> 

sure sure and I had permission to write in the destination directory
which is why about 11000 files got written there.  Why I scratch my head
is that 6 did not.  I mean I was writting to a 755 directory as the
owner.