Date: 20 Dec 2002 13:28:18 -0800 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: chown broken?? Message-ID: <2klm2k4byl.m2k@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200212201448.GBKEMQM99487@asarian-host.net> References: <1040390551.921.36.camel@localhost> <200212201412.GBKECSM91804@asarian-host.net> <20021220141504.GB6893@submonkey.net> <200212201448.GBKEMQM99487@asarian-host.net>
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Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> writes: > Yes, "the directories named on the command line" within the CURRENT > directory. Technically, "." and ".." are entries within the current > directory (try: "od -c ."), and they have inode numbers too. But that does > not deter me from deeming it a bit counter-intuitive to consider ".." a > directory of the current directory. :) Especially in the context of > recursion. The manpage explicitly mentions neither directories or recursion, so I think it doesn't deserve that criticism. But the manpage surely could be made more clear. Feel free to propose something to the Problem Reporting system, preferably with a patch or at least some replacement text. http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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