Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> According to Ondřej Vašík on 11/20/2008 5:51 AM:
>> For me verbose mode is something useful to track problems. Therefore I
>> do prefer more informations there. Common usage of
>> chown/chmod/chgrp/chcon utilities is without --verbose/--changes mode,
>> so it would affect very low (close to zero) amount of users anyway.
>
> Would a double --verbose make sense?  'chown --verbose' merely prints a
> generic message that it changed a mode, while 'chown --verbose --verbose'
> re-stats the file and prints the updated mode?

I like it.
Sounds like a fine compromise.


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