* Dave Boers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000306 12:08] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been bitten by the following:
>
> 44 relativity ~ % chown -v djb:wheel test
> chown: illegal option -- v
> usage: chown [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f] [-h] [-v] owner[:group] file ...
> chown [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f] [-h] [-v] :group file ...
> chgrp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f] [-h] [-v] group file ...
>
> Where "test" is an ordinary directory.
>
> It seems that chown's behavior is inconsistent with both the usage message
> and the man page. The same goes for chgrp.
have you deleted your stale copies of chown/chgrp? hint look in
/bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin and make sure the old ones aren't
"in the way".
-Alfred
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