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Re: Ownership of files modified by emacs

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From: Brad Miller
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 07:14
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>>>>> On 3 Sep 92 18:08:51 GMT, keinert@iastate.edu (Fritz Keinert)
>>>>> said:

FK> In article <BRADM.92Sep2160916@anchor.anchor.ems.cdc.com> bradm@anchor.anchor.ems.cdc.com (Brad Miller) writes:
>On a somewhat related note, I am using epoch 4.2 on an SGI runing IRIX 4.0.1.
>When I save a file, such as a shell script, it is no longer executable.
>
>Is there something I can configure to fix this, or is this a bug??

FK> I have noticed the same with epoch 4.1 on a DECstation 2100 running
FK> Ultrix 4.2. It does not always happen, but most of the time.

Well, The post regarding changing the backup-by-copying variable does in
fact fix this problem as well.

Brad
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