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In UNIX, a file's read and write permissions are independent, so you can make a file writable, but not readable. If I trust someone to write to a file, why wouldn't I want them to be able to read it? If there's important stuff in there, but I don't want him to read it, then why would I give him the ability to overwrite it?

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    An upload-only folder. Perhaps a person implementing a folder that permits students to upload their homework. – Zoredache Nov 05 '12 at 07:25

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Well, you can have multple processes to write to a file but you don't want them to see what each other is writing to.

In another word, let's say you have a bank system. Each time a business makes a trasaction, you allow them to write it to a file. But you don't want the business to read what other businesses wrote.

Does this make sense?

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