From: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] docs/manual: documentation for recursive makedevs syntax
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:50:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1426243805-8317-3-git-send-email-angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1426243805-8317-1-git-send-email-angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com>
This patch adds the necessary documentation for the new makedevs
recursive syntax.
Signed-off-by: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com>
---
docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt
index e02b79d..afb4ae2 100644
--- a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ There are a few non-trivial blocks:
- +type+ is the type of the file, being one of:
* f: a regular file
* d: a directory
+ * r: a directory recursively
* c: a character device file
* b: a block device file
* p: a named pipe
@@ -38,7 +39,14 @@ Let's say you want to change the permissions of a given file; using
this syntax, you will need to put:
----
-/usr/bin/foobar f 644 0 0 - - - - -
+/usr/bin/foobar f 644 0 0 - - - - -
+----
+
+Alternatively, if you want to change owner/permission of a folder
+recursively, you can put:
+
+----
+/usr/share/myapp r 750 myuser myuser - - - - -
----
On the other hand, if you want to create the device file +/dev/hda+
--
1.9.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-13 10:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-13 10:50 [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/2] Makedevs: add recursive option Angelo Compagnucci
2015-03-13 10:50 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/makedevs: " Angelo Compagnucci
2015-04-04 23:17 ` Angelo Compagnucci
2015-04-05 7:12 ` Peter Korsgaard
2015-04-09 21:23 ` Yann E. MORIN
2015-04-10 5:39 ` Angelo Compagnucci
2015-04-10 17:33 ` Yann E. MORIN
2015-04-10 21:41 ` Peter Korsgaard
2015-04-11 7:00 ` Angelo Compagnucci
2015-04-11 8:28 ` Peter Korsgaard
2015-03-13 10:50 ` Angelo Compagnucci [this message]
2015-03-23 10:00 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/2] Makedevs: " Angelo Compagnucci
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