On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot figure this out... > > I would like to change the owner of a bunch of folders whose name begins > with a dash... > > # chown Administrator \-BILLED\ JOBS\ -\ 1997-2002 -R > chown: invalid option -- B > Try `chown --help' for more information. > > # chown Administrator "\-BILLED\ JOBS\ -\ 1997-2002" -R > chown: cannot access `\\-BILLED\\ JOBS\\ -\\ 1997-2002': No such file or > directory > > # chown Administrator "-BILLED JOBS - 1997-2002" -R > chown: invalid option -- B > Try `chown --help' for more information. > > # chown Administrator '-BILLED JOBS - 1997-2002' -R > chown: invalid option -- B > Try `chown --help' for more information. > > ?
maybe ... # chown -R -- Administrator '-BILLED JOBS - 1997-2002' Make sure all options are before the --, which forces end of options, IIANM. -Bob _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
