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diff --git a/doc/cpio.texi b/doc/cpio.texi index 5a739ab..7c60d5f 100644 --- a/doc/cpio.texi +++ b/doc/cpio.texi @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Use @var{command} instead of @command{rsh} to access remote archives. @item -R @itemx --owner=[@var{user}][:.][@var{group}] Set the ownership of all files created to the specified @var{user} -and/or @var{group}. +and/or @var{group}. @xref{owner}. @item -v @itemx --verbose Verbosely list the files processed. @@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ Interactively rename files @item -R @itemx --owner=[@var{user}][:.][@var{group}] Set the ownership of all files created to the specified @var{user} -and/or @var{group}. +and/or @var{group}. @xref{owner}. @item -s @itemx --swap-bytes Swap the bytes of each halfword in the files @@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ Run in copy-pass mode. [@ref{copy-in}] @*Interactively rename files. +@anchor{owner} @item -R @var{owner} @itemx --owner @var{owner} [@ref{copy-in},@ref{copy-out},@ref{copy-pass}] @@ -817,6 +818,23 @@ cpio --owner :users @end group @end smallexample +The argument parts are first looked up in the system user and +group databases, correspondingly. If any of them is not found there, +it is treated as numeric UID or GID, provided that it consists of +decimal digits only. + +To avoid the lookup and ensure that arguments are treated as numeric +values, prefix them with a plus sign, e.g.: + +@smallexample +@group +cpio --owner +0 +cpio --owner +0: +cpio --owner +0:+0 +cpio --owner :+0 +@end group +@end smallexample + @noindent If the group is omitted but the @samp{:} or @samp{.} separator is given, as in the second example. the given user's login group will be |