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Carlos Vieira
Courses Plus Student 1,345 Pointsx permission on hello.txt
By default a text file does not have the permission for execution. If I add x permission for a text file in which way modifies its behaviour? In other words, what does really x permission mean?
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Steven Parker
215,939 PointsGenerally, the execute permission on a text file is ignored for ordinary system operations.
But some applications might make use of it for their own special purposes. For example, an application might read a text file containing configuration parameters on start up, but only if that file has the x permission set.
Carlos Vieira
Courses Plus Student 1,345 PointsCarlos Vieira
Courses Plus Student 1,345 PointsThank you:) It was exactly what I wanted to know.