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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1993-10-08 00:51:10 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1993-10-08 00:51:10 +0000
commit95f7eb6267b6fa36b92e247eca2728cde8130f03 (patch)
treeb667ee079ab3c23c5e8506bb92cc0650f5cee7fb /src/chown.c
parentd9d6720b77c2777aefcbabdfbd6dd250872d3a36 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-95f7eb6267b6fa36b92e247eca2728cde8130f03.tar.xz
merge with 3.8.3d
Diffstat (limited to 'src/chown.c')
-rw-r--r--src/chown.c37
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/chown.c b/src/chown.c
index c295f5816..15848837b 100644
--- a/src/chown.c
+++ b/src/chown.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-/*
+/*
| user
| unchanged explicit
-------------|-------------------------+-------------------------|
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ main (argc, argv)
verbose = 1;
break;
default:
- usage ();
+ usage (1);
}
}
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ main (argc, argv)
}
if (show_help)
- usage ();
+ usage (0);
if (optind >= argc - 1)
- usage ();
+ usage (1);
e = parse_user_spec (argv[optind], &user, &group, &username, &groupname);
if (e)
@@ -292,11 +292,30 @@ describe_change (file, changed)
}
static void
-usage ()
+usage (status)
+ int status;
{
fprintf (stderr, "\
-Usage: %s [-Rcfv] [--recursive] [--changes] [--silent] [--quiet]\n\
- [--verbose] [--help] [--version] [user][:.][group] file...\n",
- program_name);
- exit (1);
+Usage: %s [OPTION]... OWNER[.[GROUP]] FILE...\n\
+ or: %s [OPTION]... .[GROUP] FILE...\n\
+\n",
+ program_name, program_name);
+
+ if (status == 0)
+ fprintf (stderr, "\
+ -c, --changes be verbose whenever change occurs\n\
+ -f, --silent, --quiet avoid most error messages\n\
+ -v, --verbose explain what is being done\n\
+ -R, --recursive change files and directories recursively\n\
+ --help provide this help\n\
+ --version show program version\n\
+\n\
+Owner is unchanged if missing. Group is unchanged is missing, but changed\n\
+to login group if implied by a period. A colon may replace the period.\n");
+
+ else
+ fprintf (stderr, "Try `%s --help' for more information.\n",
+ program_name);
+
+ exit (status);
}