Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:51:28 -0600, Dale wrote:
So it is like typing in the command cd ~ and it takes you to the home
directory.
It's more like typing cd ~user to go to user's home directory, you can
change permissions as the user you want to change to so this ha
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:51:28 -0600, Dale wrote:
> So it is like typing in the command cd ~ and it takes you to the home
> directory.
It's more like typing cd ~user to go to user's home directory, you can
change permissions as the user you want to change to so this has to be
done as root.
I'd n
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On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 12:52:05AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:50:37 -0600, Dale wrote:
With recursion:
chown -R user:group *
That won't cover hidden files, try
chown -R user: ~user
What does the "~" make it do diff
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 12:52:05AM +, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:50:37 -0600, Dale wrote:
>
> > >> With recursion:
> > >> chown -R user:group *
>
> > > That won't cover hidden files, try
> > >
> > > chown -R user: ~user
>
> > What does the "~" make it do different? Got me
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:50:37 -0600, Dale wrote:
> >> With recursion:
> >> chown -R user:group *
> > That won't cover hidden files, try
> >
> > chown -R user: ~user
> What does the "~" make it do different? Got me curious about that.
Nothing in itself, it just refers to the user's home director
Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On Saturday 16 February 2008, Dale wrote:
> > Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > > chown -R user: ~user
> >
> > What does the "~" make it do different?
>
> Change user only for those files that have a different one.
No. The ~ prefixed to a user name means the home dir of that user
as
On Saturday 16 February 2008, Dale wrote:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:22:19 -0800, Brian Marshall wrote:
> >>> I have a lot of dir. and files in my home directory. I want to
> >>> chown all of it to my user. How to do this by one comand ?
> >>> Thanks
> >>
> >> With recursion:
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:22:19 -0800, Brian Marshall wrote:
I have a lot of dir. and files in my home directory. I want to chown
all of it to my user. How to do this by one comand ? Thanks
With recursion:
chown -R user:group *
That won't cover hidden fi
Thanks guys.. that worked :)
On Feb 16, 2008 5:26 PM, Willie Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 05:03:28PM +0100, Penguin Lover Amar Cosic
> squawked:
> > I have a lot of dir. and files in my home directory. I want to chown all
> of
> > it to my user. How to do this by one
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:22:19 -0800, Brian Marshall wrote:
> > I have a lot of dir. and files in my home directory. I want to chown
> > all of it to my user. How to do this by one comand ? Thanks
> With recursion:
> chown -R user:group *
That won't cover hidden files, try
chown -R user: ~user
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 05:03:28PM +0100, Penguin Lover Amar Cosic squawked:
> I have a lot of dir. and files in my home directory. I want to chown all of
> it to my user. How to do this by one comand ? Thanks
sudo chown -R
the -R option makes it recursive. no need to sudo if you are root
alrea
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:03:28 +0100
"Amar Cosic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a lot of dir. and files in my home directory. I want to chown
> all of it to my user. How to do this by one comand ? Thanks
>
>
>
With recursion:
chown -R user:group *
Brian
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On Saturday 16 February 2008, Amar Cosic wrote:
> I have a lot of dir. and files in my home directory. I want to chown
> all of it to my user. How to do this by one comand ? Thanks
man chown, option -R
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