On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:50:37 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> With recursion: > >> chown -R user:group *
> > That won't cover hidden files, try > > > > chown -R user: ~user > What does the "~" make it do different? Got me curious about that. Nothing in itself, it just refers to the user's home directory. The important point is that giving a directory matces all files in that directory, whereas * omits those beginning with a . in most people's shells. -- Neil Bothwick Strangely enough, Data finds himself relating to Heavy Metal.
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