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| author | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-01-26 02:40:23 +0000 |
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| committer | keramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-01-26 02:40:23 +0000 |
| commit | 42e98481165e30577f9ca185494e1c10a2ca1df9 (patch) | |
| tree | 1c388cb4514864f7acdac69b94dbe59dac2463a3 /usr.sbin/chown | |
| parent | 2215fbe46cad96101489aa945aae93d3fa8fa86a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-42e98481165e30577f9ca185494e1c10a2ca1df9.zip FreeBSD-src-42e98481165e30577f9ca185494e1c10a2ca1df9.tar.gz | |
Reword the description of -R a bit and add a note about being careful
when -R is combined with patterns that might match ".." (like ".*").
PR: 46415
Submitted by: Gary W. Swearingen <swear@attbi.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/chown')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 index 1add3da..364ac88 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 @@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ If the option is specified, no symbolic links are followed. This is the default. .It Fl R -Change the user ID and/or the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted -in the files instead of just the files themselves. +Change the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified directory trees +(recursively, including their contents) and files. +Beware of unintentionally matching the +.Dq Pa ".." +hard link to the parent directory when using wildcards like +.Dq Li ".*" . .It Fl f Don't report any failure to change file owner or group, nor modify the exit status to reflect such failures. |
