From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 20 5:52: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A67D37B401 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 05:52:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C1443EDA for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 05:52:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by cactus.fi.uba.ar (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gBKDq6fw060646; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:52:06 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:52:06 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser To: Andrew Cutler Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chown broken?? In-Reply-To: <1040391396.921.43.camel@localhost> Message-ID: <20021220105029.N52840-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-103.5 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,SUBJ_ENDS_IN_Q_MARK,USER_IN_WHITELIST version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 21 Dec 2002, Andrew Cutler wrote: > I realise that now, but why does chown not ignore the match since most > other commands simply return? > . is a directory -- ignored > .. is a directory -- ignored > > This inconsistency is not logical. It is not inconsistenct. chown can operate on directories. '.' and '..' are just like any other directory on the system. Fer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message