On 19-Nov-2002 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 21:01:33 +0100 (CET) > Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Alexander Leidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
