Re: chgrp(1) & chown(8): mark -h and -R as mutually exclusive

Hi Ingo, > On 05 November 2015 at 19:02 Ingo Schwarze wrote: > > > Hi Frederic, > > Theo de Raadt wrote on Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 10:53:55AM -0700: > > Frederic Nowak wrote: > > >> the command line arguments -h and -R for chgrp and chown are > >> mutually > >> exclusive. The

Re: chgrp(1) & chown(8): mark -h and -R as mutually exclusive

Hi Frederic, Frederic Nowak wrote on Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 08:58:14AM +0100: > On 05 November 2015 at 19:02 Ingo Schwarze wrote: >> http://mdocml.bsd.lv/mdoc/ > Thanks, I hadn't seen that resource before. Looks very interesting! > Would it make sense to include a link, e.g.

Re: chgrp(1) & chown(8): mark -h and -R as mutually exclusive

I don't think it makes it clearer; it makes it more confusing. The usage messages of programs are not a sufficent grammer to exactly describe what conflicts with what. Taken too far, it would bewilder newcomers. > the command line arguments -h and -R for chgrp and chown are mutually >

chgrp(1) & chown(8): mark -h and -R as mutually exclusive

Hi there, the command line arguments -h and -R for chgrp and chown are mutually exclusive. The patch below changes the markup and the usage strings to make this clearer. Cheers, Frederic Index: bin/chmod/chgrp.1 === RCS file:

Re: chgrp(1) & chown(8): mark -h and -R as mutually exclusive

> On 05 November 2015 at 18:53 Theo de Raadt > wrote: > > > I don't think it makes it clearer; it makes it more confusing. > > The usage messages of programs are not a sufficent grammer to exactly > describe what conflicts with what. Taken too far, it would bewilder >