Re: note 16412 added to function.mkdir
| From: | Zak Greant | Date: | Mon, 29 Oct 2001 09:46:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: note 16412 added to function.mkdir | ||
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On October 29, 2001 02:41 am, vincent@e-line.be wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I saw that moast people are talking about permissions like: 0777. But
> i'm wondering... doesn't the logics of binary calculatings says that
> 0 decimal is equal to 0 binary? So you might as well leave it away?
Hi Vincent,
The leading 0 indicates that the number is octal (base 8) instead of
decimal (base 10). Try the following snippet to see what I mean:
echo 777, '"\t", 0777, "\n";
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--zak
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