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Re: chown man page: colon vs. dot
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: chown man page: colon vs. dot |
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Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:13:47 -0700 |
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Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> writes:
> P> I think it's better not to mention dot insted. Dot is no longer
> P> portable (as per POSIX-2001).
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> Well, mention that dot is deprecated, or else users can't tell if it
> is too old, or too new, when encountering it.
That issue is already covered in the texinfo version of the manual.
The man page (and the --help message) is deliberately a subset of the
full manual, and obsolete features normally don't make the cut.