Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:23:30 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: olli@secnetix.de Subject: Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1)) Message-ID: <20021119182330.56eec6d1.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <200211172001.gAHK1XvB087101@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20021117155159.44aeae5f.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <200211172001.gAHK1XvB087101@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:01:33 +0100 (CET)
Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> wrote:
> Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote:
> > Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> wrote:
> > > The patch adds an option -r to chown(8) and chgrp(1), which
> > > does pretty much the same as the -r option of touch(1) and
> > > truncate(1). Basically, it let's you "copy" ownerships and
> > > group memberships from one file to another, which is useful
> > > in scripts.
> >
> > I'm concerned about the used character: "-r" is similiar to "-R"
>
> Why exactly is that cause for concern?
Because "cp" uses "-r" in the same way chown uses "-R".
> What character would you suggest instead? touch(1) and
> truncate(1) also use "-r".
But they don't work recursivly.
What about "-c" (_c_opy)?
Bye,
Alexander.
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