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unclear wording on getfacl manpage (--all != ALL)
- From: Linda Walsh <cygwin at tlinx dot org>
- To: "cygwin at cygwin dot com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:58:47 -0800
- Subject: unclear wording on getfacl manpage (--all != ALL)
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on the CYGWIN getfacl manpage, it has
-a, --all
display the filename, the owner, the group, and the ACL of the
file
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But in the linux version it says:
-a, --access
Display the file access control list.
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The "--all" in the cygwin cygwin version sounds like it
should display all ACL-related entries, but it really only
displays the inode-specific acl on directories.
To display "all ACL-related entries", one uses no parameter.
The usage of "--all" to indicate the option "limits" output
to only the "inode-specific" part is confusing and unclear.
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