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Jan Giesen wrote: > Due to the "tag" operation, the CVSNT server has reset the original > permissions of the RCS file from e.g. "-r-xr-x---" to the default "-r--r--r" > and has written the tag to the RCS file, but has not created a permission > parameter in the RCS file. On the next check-out of the script, the execute > permission was therefore lost. [snip] Would this option work as well? I'm not sure which is 'best' (for the user or code), but might be another alternative: 3. Whenever rewriting the RCS file (e.g. from a tag operation) process the GNU style FS exec bit into the RCS fields. This should only ever happen once on a file. Just a thought. -- Glen Starrett