For regular files the sticky bit is ignored, but the user can still set it.

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Wolfgang Helbig 1997-12-26 12:26:43 +00:00
parent a86f3c5dee
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)sticky.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\" $Id: sticky.8,v 1.2 1997/03/07 03:28:21 jmg Exp $
.\" $Id: sticky.8,v 1.3 1997/08/17 00:15:46 steve Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 5, 1993
.Dt STICKY 8
@ -43,16 +43,13 @@ A special file mode, called the
.Em sticky bit
(mode S_ISVTX),
is used to indicate special treatment
for shareable executable files and directories.
for directories. It is ignored for regular files.
See
.Xr chmod 2
or
the file
.Pa /usr/include/sys/stat.h
for an explanation of file modes.
.Sh STICKY TEXT EXECUTABLE FILES
These are no longer supported and any attempt to create a sticky text
executable will fail on UFS-based filesystems.
.Sh STICKY DIRECTORIES
A directory whose `sticky bit' is set
becomes an append-only directory, or, more accurately,