From db0faabe1d63abc710c2997077fec467b783fa13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 18:48:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: reference detailed "numeric mode" info from chmod.1 Note were links are not supported (like on Solaris or FreeBSD), the text still displays normally. * man/chmod.x: Link from "numeric mode" in chmod man page, to more detailed online info. --- man/chmod.x | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/chmod.x b/man/chmod.x index 39749f0bf..4a20c5b43 100644 --- a/man/chmod.x +++ b/man/chmod.x @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ users who are members of the file's group (\fBg\fP), and the permissions granted to users that are in neither of the two preceding categories (\fBo\fP). .PP -A numeric mode is from one to four octal digits (0\-7), derived by +.ds cU https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node +A \X'tty: link \*(cU/Numeric-Modes.html'\fBnumeric mode\fP\X'tty: link' +is from one to four octal digits (0\-7), derived by adding up the bits with values 4, 2, and 1. Omitted digits are assumed to be leading zeros. The first digit selects the set user ID (4) and set group ID (2) and