Re: RCS file ownership?

Heh, good point. Didn't even occur to me because as it happens, I am
running as root and would like to not change the ownership.-Adam
On Apr. 29, 2020 13:32, Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 7:46 PM Adam Thompson <athompso@athompso.net>
wrote:
>
> When I use co(1) with "-l" to check out a file (and/or "ci -l") is
there
> any way to preserve file ownership and *not* have it reset to the
user
> running co(1) or ci(1)?
> I don't see anything in rcs(1), co(1) or ci(1) that even mentions
the
> fact that the file will wind up owned by the user running the
command.
> Ideas? Pointers to documentation?

How could it possibly do anything else unless you always run co as
root?