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Re: PATCH: chown and chgrp in files module

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From: Clint Adams <schizo@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH: chown and chgrp in files module
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:43:19 -0500
Cc: James Kirkpatrick <jimkirk@xxxxxxxx>, zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <E11w7ZD-0005l7-00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from zefram@xxxxxxxx on Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 05:41:23PM +0000
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> Almost.  chown accepts "." to separate username and group, in addition to
> the POSIX ":".  This is the same level of POSIX conformance as GNU chown.

Which is unlike any other chown on the planet.  GNU chown would be a
lot more tolerable if it supported some sort of override to allow
usernames containing periods; such as '--ignore-group' or '::'
ideas which have been suggested elsewhere.

References:
- Re: PATCH: chown and chgrp in files module
  - From: James Kirkpatrick
- Re: PATCH: chown and chgrp in files module
  - From: Zefram

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