How to backup file permissions

[Chris G]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 01:31:58PM +0200, ml at bortal.de wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> is there an way to backup file permissions (not the actual files!!).
> I need it for some bash script.
> 
I think you need to explain a bit more, what exactly are you trying to
do?  Do you just want to save the current status of some files
permissions, do you want to save and restore the permissions (why?).

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Chris Green