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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-14 15:41:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-14 15:41:50 +0100 |
| commit | c3154b2947abbb8d03a412d5874fcceb1fc29393 (patch) | |
| tree | 228cca8b905de2e2542887e211fec68bb2a298ba /src/chgrp.c | |
| parent | 24852bf5b5e7fd954f2e4d1d08d58575453b48b0 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c3154b2947abbb8d03a412d5874fcceb1fc29393.tar.xz | |
chgrp, chown: Don't prohibit -RLh, aka -RL with --no-dereference.
* src/chgrp.c (main): Don't prohibit -RLh, aka -RL with --no-dereference.
* src/chown.c (main): Likewise.
* src/chown-core.c (change_file_owner): Add to a comment.
* tests/chown/preserve-root: Add tests.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Treating / specially): With --preserve-root,
chgrp and chown will not modify "/", even through a symlink.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/chgrp.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/chgrp.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/chgrp.c b/src/chgrp.c index 7e96b4c36..faf58d36b 100644 --- a/src/chgrp.c +++ b/src/chgrp.c @@ -260,20 +260,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) if (dereference == 1) error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("-R --dereference requires either -H or -L")); - chopt.affect_symlink_referent = false; - } - else - { - if (dereference == 0) - error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("-R -h requires -P")); - chopt.affect_symlink_referent = true; + dereference = 0; } } else { bit_flags = FTS_PHYSICAL; - chopt.affect_symlink_referent = (dereference != 0); } + chopt.affect_symlink_referent = (dereference != 0); if (argc - optind < (reference_file ? 1 : 2)) { |