Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:31:03 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1)) Message-ID: <XFMail.20021119123103.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20021119182330.56eec6d1.Alexander@Leidinger.net>
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On 19-Nov-2002 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > 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)? or -i for "inherit" but I did always like green.. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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