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Old 11-15-2003
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You could set your umask before editing the file.

$ umask 266

That would leave any file you edit as read-only to owner. You'll need to switch back immediately after editing the first file, as strange behavior can result from such.

$ umask 022

Cheers,

Keith
Last edited by kduffin; 11-17-2003 at 10:40 PM..