hmm...what the?

[Edgar Allen]

Evan writes:
>
>while im pretty sure the octal thing is right, i dont think the
>zero represents it (which it does in other cases) i believe the first
>number corresponds to other file attributes...such as setuid
>setuid being 'chmod 4xxx blah' also available are the sticky bit, setgid, and
>others
>(x windows uses sticky bit to speed things up...to see it in action, start X,
>shutdown X, and then start it up again, compare the two startup times)
>correct me if im wrong..(it's been known to happen ;) )
>
You are right of course.  I forgot that the four digit values do not
need a leading zero.  That means it always expects octal, I just confirmed that
in another window.

The mode is the same with or without that leading zero.