Re: Something weird about file permissions

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That is very logic. And I should have known it (?!)

Thank you.
josep

> No write access on file means, you can not write into the file.
>
> Deleting a file != writing into the file
>
> So, the operation is allowed.
>
> However, deleting a file = writing into the directory.
>
> Because when  you delete a file, the directory is being modified,
> which means writing into the directory (in UNIX and Linux, directory
> and everything else is after all files).
>
> So, if you remove the write permission from the directory, then you
> would not be able to delete a file from it.
>