Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> For the BSD -H/-L/-P options, which control file tree walking: >>> >>> -P = --walk=physical >>> -H = --walk=hybrid (I have no idea what -H originally stood for.) >>> -L = --walk=logical > > As a minor point I'm now thinking that it might be clearer to make > these options operands of --recursive instead, e.g., > --recursive=physical. This is because -P/-H/-L makes no sense without -R.
Good idea. >>> * Minor suggestion: "chown : file" should invoke chown with uid and >>> gid both set to -1, so that the file ownership and group doesn't >>> change but the setuid/setgid bits are cleared (and perhaps ACLs are >>> removed). This might be useful. >> >> POSIX seems to require owner[:group]. >> Is it compliant to accept `:'? > > Yes, as an upward-compatible extension. GNU chown already accepts > ":group" as an extension, for example. Ok! Thanks for volunteering. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
