Recursive chown?

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Re: Recursive chown? by merlyn (Sage) on Aug 31, 2005 at 18:45 UTC
`use File::Finder; my $uid = getpwnam "user"; chown $uid, -1, File::Finder->in("path");` [download] -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Recursive chown? by radiantmatrix (Parson) on Aug 31, 2005 at 20:03 UTC
It appears from the perldocs… Is that correct? The perldoc is usually accurate in such matters, yes. <-radiant.matrix-> Larry Wall is Yoda: there is no `try{}` (ok, except in Perl6; way to ruin a joke, Larry! ;P) The Code that can be seen is not the true Code "In any sufficiently large group of people, most are idiots" - Kaa's Law	[reply]
Re: Recursive chown? by Errto (Vicar) on Sep 01, 2005 at 01:39 UTC
Just for reference, it's probably not the shell that gives you a recursive chown, but rather the GNU coreutils. IIRC non-GNU systems don't have recursive chown.	[reply]
Re^2: Recursive chown? by merlyn (Sage) on Sep 01, 2005 at 01:55 UTC
IIRC non-GNU systems don't have recursive chown. V7 Unix (the One True Unix) didn't have a recursive chown, but 2.10BSD introduced it in 1986, so it predates the GNU fileutils package and therefore Linux. ... says the old guy in the corner ... -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]