bug#79488: [RFE] Enhancement idea : Better Handling of File Permission with CHMOD Command
Andreas Schwab <[email protected]>
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On Sep 22 2025, "Mahish Sivan S (Nokia)" via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
> Example (if possible):
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> $ chmod 777 -t 30 myfile.txt
> # Grants full access to "myfile.txt" for 30 minutes
> # After 30 minutes, permissions revert to their previous state
$ chmod-t() { local m=$(stat -c %a "$2"); chmod "$1" "$2"; sleep ${3}m; chmod $m "$2"; }
$ chmod-t 777 myfile.txt 30
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