No it does nt work out as shown below:-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] perl]# chown s08-1-5-095:s08-1-5-095 /root/perl/s08-1-5-095
chown: `s08-1-5-095:s08-1-5-095': invalid group
[EMAIL PROTECTED] perl]# chown $s08-1-5-095:$s08-1-5-095 /root/perl/s08-1-5-095
[EMAIL PROTECTED] perl]# chown $s08-1-5-095:$s08-1-5-095
$/root/perl/s08-1-5-095
chown: invalid option -- 1
Try `chown --help' for more information.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] perl]# chown $s08-1-5-095:$s08-1-5-095 $/root/perl/s08-1-5-095
chown: invalid option -- 1
Try `chown --help' for more information.
--- On Thu, 8/21/08, Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is wrong with this script ??
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: beginners@perl.org, "Mr. Shawn H. Corey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Perry Smith"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 7:35 PM
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try using:
chown $id:$gid $dir
so that it would be
chown 3051:3051 /home/users/s01-5-097 (or whatever)
HTH,
Wolf
