On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:42:26 -0600 (CST), Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > This 'read-only another user ID' applies to FILE.in but not to FILE - > > FILE must be writable by our (>). Is it OK this way? > > cp srcdir/FILE.in builddir/FILE > > chmod +w builddir/FILE > > sed ... <srcdir/FILE.in >builddir/FILE > Seems good to me! > I would prefix that with rm -f builddir/FILE just to make sure. Looks good to me too. And, of course, as Eric Siegerman suggested, using 'u+w' rather than '+w' would be even more appropriate. -- ES
