Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netbsd.org> writes:
> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
>
>> Certainly adding the bit is wrong in the - case.
>> 
>> However, what it *should* do is also unclear. What do other chmod's
>> do? the -X thing seems ambiguous with respect to files at least.
>
> IRIX' chmod and GNU chmod remove the 'x' bit.

If Solaris' does the same, I'd say we have consensus.

Perry