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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-10-15 08:52:40 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-10-15 08:52:40 +0000
commitb58fde2b86a3f6da514b9177c9f036248bb9fe8b (patch)
tree325801338707de88de3ebe8a393d38a70e373136 /bin/chmod
parent51c25f99fe8da2733402db14ffb3dfeb5b5233d8 (diff)
clean up SYNOPSIS;
sort options list;
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/chmod')
-rw-r--r--bin/chmod/chown.836
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/bin/chmod/chown.8 b/bin/chmod/chown.8
index f75e453dc83..7e922101544 100644
--- a/bin/chmod/chown.8
+++ b/bin/chmod/chown.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: chown.8,v 1.8 2005/08/12 18:54:04 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: chown.8,v 1.9 2005/10/15 08:52:39 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -37,34 +37,42 @@
.Nd change file owner and group
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm chown
+.Op Fl fh
.Oo
.Fl R
.Op Fl H | L | P
.Oc
-.Op Fl f
-.Op Fl h
-.Ar owner Ns Op Ar :group
-.Ar file Op Ar ...
+.Ar owner Ns Op : Ns Ar group
+.Ar
.Nm chown
+.Op Fl fh
.Oo
.Fl R
.Op Fl H | L | P
.Oc
-.Op Fl f
-.Op Fl h
-.Ar :group
-.Ar file Op Ar ...
+.Pf : Ns Ar group
+.Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
sets the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl f
+Don't report any failure to change file owner or group, nor modify
+the exit status to reflect such failures.
.It Fl H
If the
.Fl R
option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
+.It Fl h
+Change the user ID and/or the group ID on symbolic links.
+The
+.Fl R
+and
+.Fl h
+options are mutually exclusive.
.It Fl L
If the
.Fl R
@@ -76,16 +84,6 @@ option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
.It Fl R
Change the user ID and/or the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted
in the files instead of just the files themselves.
-.It Fl f
-Don't report any failure to change file owner or group, nor modify
-the exit status to reflect such failures.
-.It Fl h
-Change the user ID and/or the group ID on symbolic links.
-The
-.Fl R
-and
-.Fl h
-options are mutually exclusive.
.El
.Pp
The