[patch] Fixes the text in the manpage to match reality.

coreutils-5.0.91-manpage.patch (text/plain), 2.22 KB, created by Martin Ehmsen (RETIRED) on 2003-11-22 05:54:49 UTC

diff -u coreutils-5.0.91/man/chown.1 coreutils-5.0.91-edit/man/chown.1
--- coreutils-5.0.91/man/chown.1	2003-09-02 22:02:27.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-5.0.91-edit/man/chown.1	2003-11-22 14:45:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 to its first non-option argument, which is interpreted as follows.  If
 only a user name (or numeric user ID) is given, that user is made the
 owner of each given file, and the files' group is not changed.  If the
-user name is followed by a colon or dot and a group name (or numeric group ID),
+user name is followed by a colon and a group name (or numeric group ID),
 with no spaces between them, the group ownership of the files is
-changed as well.  If a colon or dot but no group name follows the user name,
+changed as well.  If a colon but no group name follows the user name,
 that user is made the owner of the files and the group of the files is
-changed to that user's login group.  If the colon or dot and group are given,
+changed to that user's login group.  If the colon and group are given,
 but the user name is omitted, only the group of the files is changed;
 in this case,
 .B chown
diff -u coreutils-5.0.91/man/chown.x coreutils-5.0.91-edit/man/chown.x
--- coreutils-5.0.91/man/chown.x	2001-10-13 18:50:59.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-5.0.91-edit/man/chown.x	2003-11-22 14:46:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 to its first non-option argument, which is interpreted as follows.  If
 only a user name (or numeric user ID) is given, that user is made the
 owner of each given file, and the files' group is not changed.  If the
-user name is followed by a colon or dot and a group name (or numeric group ID),
+user name is followed by a colon and a group name (or numeric group ID),
 with no spaces between them, the group ownership of the files is
-changed as well.  If a colon or dot but no group name follows the user name,
+changed as well.  If a colon but no group name follows the user name,
 that user is made the owner of the files and the group of the files is
-changed to that user's login group.  If the colon or dot and group are given,
+changed to that user's login group.  If the colon and group are given,
 but the user name is omitted, only the group of the files is changed;
 in this case,
 .B chown