From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 19 9:31: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0BF137B401 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:31:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail14.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 776C443E3B for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:31:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 28266 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2002 17:31:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail14.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 19 Nov 2002 17:31:04 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAJHUw2D031087; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:30:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20021119182330.56eec6d1.Alexander@Leidinger.net> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:31:03 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Alexander Leidinger Subject: Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1)) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 19-Nov-2002 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:01:33 +0100 (CET) > Oliver Fromme wrote: > >> Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> > Oliver Fromme 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 <>< 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