Thanks guys, I wasn't for sure if that was correct operation. I understand now that it is.
Duane Cox ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Schwinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Duane Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:19 AM Subject: Re: possible bug? > On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 10:05:53AM -0500, Duane Cox wrote: > > Hello, I'm not sure if this is correct operation, or a bug... > > using: coreutils-5.2.1.tar.gz > > > > I'm in my home dir, changing permissions on hidden files > > and folders in my home dir. Apparently chown also grabs .. > > all the way up to /home and changes that ownership as > > well as any users in /home > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/dcox# chown -Rv dcox.users .* > > ... > > You told chown to operate on files and directories recursively and '.*' > also matches '..'. > 'chown' is behaving correctly. > > > Regards, > Thomas > _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
