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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So doesn't the user have to add +x to run this?

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It never occurred to me before reading this comment that there actually is a use case for the execute permission. To me it was always just this annoying thing I have to do whenever I download an executable which I didn't have to do on Windows.

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  • [+] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Zip too? I thought only on Windows, while tar retains unix permissions.

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