[Wylug-help] Permissions (Was: Procmail problem - resolved)

[John Hodrien]

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Smylers wrote:

> I wasn't requesting help with working out the numbers; I was suggesting
> that not knowing about them is a preferable state to be in, cos the
> symbols are less error-prone, and if you don't know the numbers then you
> aren't tempted to use them!

I'm a fan of using both, as blocks of numbers have meaning, but addition in my
head is fraught with mistakes.  So things like 700/600/755/644 I would tend to
use as numbers, but might tend to use letters to modify things.

jh

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