write Permissions on a Directory: Example (continued 3)

• QUIZ: Can I still edit that plain-text file even if I cannot delete it?

  • Yes, I can

        $ echo "hello world" >> /tmp/explain-write/gamma

        $ ls -l /tmp/explain-write/
        total 4
        -rw-r--r--  1 jkeenan  wheel  12 Jul 17 21:27 gamma

        $ cat /tmp/explain-write/gamma
        hello world

• I am still the owner of the file and I still have write permissions on the file

  • But I no longer have write permissions on the directory where the file sits