From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Angelo Compagnucci Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:50:05 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] docs/manual: documentation for recursive makedevs syntax In-Reply-To: <1426243805-8317-1-git-send-email-angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com> References: <1426243805-8317-1-git-send-email-angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1426243805-8317-3-git-send-email-angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net This patch adds the necessary documentation for the new makedevs recursive syntax. Signed-off-by: Angelo Compagnucci --- 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