Re: chmod, chown, chgrp all missing -h option (--help)

aprz36 <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.fileutils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Bob,
thanks for the reply.

Could chmod have -h addded please?

Regards

aprz36

Bob Proulx wrote:
> aprz36 <[email protected]> [2002-12-17 03:38:03 +0000]:
> 
>>Are you aware that chmod, chown, chgrp are all missing -h option  (--help)?
> 
> 
> Actually chown and chgrp do have the -h option.  But it does not do
> help but other things.
> 
> For all unused options the user is directed to --help.  Therefore the
> user should not be left wondering how to find the online option
> listing.  Generally the standard for the GNU utilities is to use
> the --help long option for the purpose of getting help.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, however.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
>
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