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bug in chmod

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Гальченко Алексей <gasx <at> rambler.ru>
Cc: 12602-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12602: bug in chmod
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:50:54 -0600

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tag 12602 notabug
thanks

On 10/08/2012 09:29 AM, Гальченко Алексей wrote:
> root <at> desktop:/home/user# chmod a+r *
> chmod: неизвестный ключ «--else»
> Попробуйте `chmod --help' для получения более подробного описания.

Thanks for the report.  However, I suspect that what happened is that
you have a file in your current working directory whose name starts with
'-', and was therefore treated as an option.  If I'm right, then this
FAQ covers the situation:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#I-have-a-file-_0027_002df_0027-and-it-affects-rm_002e

and you can use either of these constructs to avoid the issue:

chmod a+r ./*
chmod a+r -- *

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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