-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Vincent Chapman on 12/30/2008 8:09 PM: > $ sudo chown -R vincent:vincent .* > > Command very bad. > > .* wild card picked up directory entry '..' and like requested chown > descended into sub directories, BUT chown also ascended into parent > directory, in this case home, and descended into all sub directories
Thanks for the report, however, this is not a bug. You have fallen victim to a classic typo. This FAQ describes things to be aware of, so that you don't repeat it next time. http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#ls-_002da-_002a-does-not-list-dot-files - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkla65QACgkQ84KuGfSFAYBaMgCghBhpB8i/G2QujxFRdRIc0+vM FrcAn1su926FEQR/wPnIK8cCwNn+f5w7 =mVDe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
