Re: changing directories and getting filedates

[Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net>]

Felix Kollmann wrote:

> The problem was that the directory must have the executable bit, then it
> works.

Strictly, that bit isn't "the execute bit" for directories - it's
the "accessable" bit (since you can't "execute" a directory, that
flag does double-duty).  It's there because merely read-protecting
a directory doesn't prevent programs from chdir'ing into it.

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