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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Гальченко Алексей <gasx <at> rambler.ru>
Subject: bug#12603: closed (Re: bug#12603: bug in chown)
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:55:04 +0000

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Your bug report

#12603: bug in chown

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 12603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Гальченко Алексей <gasx <at> rambler.ru>
Cc: 12603-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12603: bug in chown
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:53:29 -0600

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tag 12603 notabug
thanks

On 10/08/2012 09:31 AM, Гальченко Алексей wrote:
> root <at> desktop:/home/user# chown user:user -R *
> chown: неизвестный ключ «--else»
> Попробуйте `chown --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:

chown user:user -R ./*
chown user:user -R -- *

For that matter, using '*' with -R is rather pointless; it risks
exceeding command line limits and omits files whose names start with '.'
in the current directory; you probably want to do:

chown -R user:user .

which is also mentioned in the FAQ:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#ls-_002da-_002a-does-not-list-dot-files

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From: Гальченко Алексей
	<gasx <at> rambler.ru>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug in chown
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:31:51 +0300

root <at> desktop:/home/user# chown user:user -R *
chown: неизвестный ключ «--else»
Попробуйте `chown --help' для получения более подробного описания.

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