Re: [PATCH 0077/1285] Replace numeric parameter like 0444 with macro

[Michal Kubecek]

On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 02:42:56PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> Sorry, the macros just make it _less_ readable, because you do chmod
> 666, not chmod S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH.

Actually, you can do "chmod a=rw ..." or "chmod u=rw,go=r ..." but very
few people use that syntax (the "+" or "-" variants come handy at times,
though).

                                                         Michal Kubecek