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'sed -i' fails if the file has sufficient perms but not its directory
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Toralf Förster |
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'sed -i' fails if the file has sufficient perms but not its directory |
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Fri, 3 Jul 2015 20:22:33 +0200 |
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I tried this, which won't work :
address@hidden ~ $ sed -i -e 's/j1/j2/g' perl-5.22/etc/portage/make.conf
sed: couldn't open temporary file perl-5.22/etc/portage/sedw9SFZf: Permission
denied
whereas I'm allowed to edit that file as the user tinderbox
address@hidden ~ $ vi perl-5.22/etc/portage/make.conf
/me wonders if sed relies on having a temp copy of that file in the same dir or
not.
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