Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:52:06 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: Andrew Cutler <andrew@1stelement.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chown broken?? Message-ID: <20021220105029.N52840-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> In-Reply-To: <1040391396.921.43.camel@localhost>
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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. Fer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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