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Describe change-file-permissions-at in more detail
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Description
change-file-permissions-at is vague about what it precisely does. This is necessary to some degree, due to differences between host operating systems. But it should at least say what it does on Unix and probably also Windows.
My rough idea when I proposed this function was that on Unix it would follow the user's umask. The umask is commonly 02, which means readable would be world-readable, writeable would be user/group-writeable, and executable would be world-executable.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the current documentation for change-file-permissions-at and review how its behavior is described for Unix and Windows. Clarify the Unix umask behavior and document the platform differences; done means the function's permissions behavior is precise enough for users to understand.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100