You do ls -l <filename>. that will give you all the permitions for the specified file. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rejean Proulx" <rejean@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 7:27 PM Subject: File Permitions > I know how to change permission for a file by using chmod, but how to I find > out what permission the file has before I change it? I tried reading about > ls or chmod itself but no luck so far. > > Rejean Proulx > Visit my family at http://interfree.ca > MSN is: rejp at rogers.com > Ham License VA3REJ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >