Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:01:33 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Asking for tester (small patch to chown(8)/chgrp(1)) Message-ID: <200211172001.gAHK1XvB087101@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20021117155159.44aeae5f.Alexander@Leidinger.net>
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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? What character would you suggest instead? touch(1) and truncate(1) also use "-r". Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream" (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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