| To: | yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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| Subject: | Defect in XCU chown |
| From: | yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy@xxxxxxx |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:31:05 +0100 (BST) |
Defect report from : Cynthia Eastham , Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(Please direct followup comments direct to yyyyyyyyyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
@ page 242 line 9389-9390 section chown comment {ce-chown-1}
Problem:
Edition of Specification (Year): 2001
Defect code : 1. Error
The 2001 edition SYNOPSIS section is:
chown -hR owner[:group] file ...
chown -R [-H | -L | -P] owner[:group] file
This was incorrect and changed in the 2003 edition to:
chown [-hR] owner[:group] file ...
chown -R [-H | -L | -P] owner[:group] file
However, this still is incorrect as no where in the text for chown does it talk
about the behavior when -h is specified with -R. Upon reading the text for the
-h, -R, and -P option, it appears that chown -hR is equivalent to chown -RP,
and therefore there is no need for -h to be allowed with -R.
Action:
Change:
(2001 edition)
chown -hR owner[:group] file ...
chown -R [-H | -L | -P] owner[:group] file
(2003 edition)
chown [-hR] owner[:group] file ...
chown -R [-H | -L | -P] owner[:group] file
to:
chown [-h] owner[:group] file ...
chown -R [-H | -L | -P] owner[:group] file
thus leaving chown -Rh unspecified.
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