On 21 Dec 2002, Andrew Cutler wrote:

> I realise that now, but why does chown not ignore the match since most
> other commands simply return?
>         . is a directory -- ignored
>         .. is a directory -- ignored
>
> This inconsistency is not logical.

It is not inconsistenct. chown can operate on directories. '.' and '..'
are just like any other directory on the system.


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