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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2011-05-27 23:07:08 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2011-05-27 23:21:46 +0100
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downloadcoreutils-54a49f22ae158470142f92e00af69fbb3b774699.tar.xz
chown,chgrp: output the original ownership in -v messages
* src/chown-core.c (describe_change): Output the original owner if possible. (user_group_str): Handle the case when neither owner or group are passed. * NEWS: Mention the change in behavior.
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@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Changes in behavior
- chmod -v and -c now output the original mode in the messages.
+ chmod, chown and chgrp now output the original attributes in messages,
+ when -v or -c specified.
** New features