Date: 02 Feb 2001 04:51:28 -0500 From: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> To: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Change group ID in a shell script Message-ID: <87lmrpe7kv.fsf@tea.thpoon.com> In-Reply-To: <20010202005517.B307@dell.dannyland.org> References: <87vgqteb00.fsf@tea.thpoon.com> <20010202004144.A30084@dell.dannyland.org> <87r91hea7x.fsf@tea.thpoon.com> <20010202005517.B307@dell.dannyland.org>
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dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> writes: > On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 03:54:26AM -0500, Arcady Genkin wrote: > > No, I chgrp is not what I want. I'm running rsync to mirror a > > directory over network, so rsync can potentially create a bunch of new > > files. > > rsync -g? Nope, this means "preserve group". The remote group and local group names do not coinside. I solved the problem by writing a Perl script instead of a shell script (using Perl's `setpgrp'). I would still like to know how I could do that in a shell script, though. -- Arcady Genkin Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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