D'oh! I missed the -w option. Good thing you found it :)


OK, something is amiss here. I sometimes get confused about this issue, which is why I made the following notes for myself:
# a file and its filename are different!
# permissions are on files, not filenames => control of filenames is l
+eft up to the directory
# directories contain filenames (not files!), that themselves refer to
+ files

  file      readable   # may examine file contents
  file      writable   # may alter   file contents
  file      xecutable  # may run     file contents

  directory readable   # may examine directory contents (list filename
+s in directory)
  directory writable   # may alter   directory contents (remove or ren
+ame filenames)
  directory xecutable  # may use     directory as component in pathnam
+es or chdir to that directory

# a read-only file is only protecting data (not its filename) from bei
+ng changed

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As I understand it: unlinking a file is not determined by the permissions set on the file itself. It is the permissions set on the directory where the file resides in that determines whether the "filename" can be unlinked from the directory aforementioned.

In reply to Re^3: [OT] Tar file with non-identical duplicate files and no paths?(A solution) by repellent
in thread [OT] Tar file with non-identical duplicate files and no paths? by BrowserUk

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