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docs/manual: documentation for recursive makedevs syntax

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This patch adds the documentation for the new makedevs
recursive syntax.

[Thomas: s/folder/directory/ as suggested by Yann.]

Signed-off-by: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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Angelo Compagnucci 2015-04-11 15:40:32 +02:00 committed by Thomas Petazzoni
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@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ There are a few non-trivial blocks:
- +type+ is the type of the file, being one of:
* f: a regular file
* d: a directory
* r: a directory recursively
* c: a character device file
* b: a block device file
* p: a named pipe
@ -38,7 +39,14 @@ Let's say you want to change the permissions of a given file; using
this syntax, you will need to put:
----
/usr/bin/foobar f 644 0 0 - - - - -
/usr/bin/foobar f 644 0 0 - - - - -
----
Alternatively, if you want to change owner/permission of a directory
recursively, you can put:
----
/usr/share/myapp r 750 myuser myuser - - - - -
----
On the other hand, if you want to create the device file +/dev/hda+