On Sun, 02 Feb 2003 07:31:21 +1100
Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 02:15, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > I see the following:
> >
> > chown [-R] [user][.][group] files
> >
> > from which I gather that a space goes after the -R, but not between
> > the other components?
>
On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 02:15, Anne Wilson wrote:
> I see the following:
>
> chown [-R] [user][.][group] files
>
> from which I gather that a space goes after the -R, but not between the other
> components?
>
> What does the [.] stand for?
>
> Anne
Here's a "for instance"
chown -Rf nobody:netu
On Saturday 01 February 2003 11:46 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> Thanks Todd. I have to confess I much prefer paper manuals, so I tend to
> check books before reading man pages. And really, this above is a prime
> example of why newbies often don't read them. The info is all there, but
> when you re
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 16:46:31 +
Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 01 Feb 2003 3:50 pm, Todd Slater wrote:
> > From man chown:
>
> Thanks Todd. I have to confess I much prefer paper manuals, so I tend
> to check books before reading man pages. And really, this above is a
>
I see the following:
chown [-R] [user][.][group] files
from which I gather that a space goes after the -R, but not between the other
components?
What does the [.] stand for?
Anne
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