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@ 2023-01-14 19:16 Corinna Vinschen
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commit 34b361c903c6409a41c9404590885d4d4b7c6a06
Author: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
AuthorDate: Sat Jan 14 20:13:54 2023 +0100
Commit: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
CommitDate: Sat Jan 14 20:13:54 2023 +0100
Cygwin: newgrp: improve doumentation
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
Diff:
---
winsup/doc/utils.xml | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/winsup/doc/utils.xml b/winsup/doc/utils.xml
index 927dc7c6b85e..71c220d3006d 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/utils.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/utils.xml
@@ -1967,26 +1967,32 @@ D: on /d type fat (binary,user,noumount)
<para><command>newgrp</command> changes the primary group for a
command.</para>
- <para>If the '-' flag is given as first argument, the user's environment
- will be reinitialized as though the user had logged in, otherwise the
- current environment, including current working directory, remains
- unchanged.</para>
+ <para>If the <option>-</option> flag is given as first argument, the
+ user's environment will be reinitialized as though the user had logged
+ in, otherwise the current environment, including current working
+ directory, remains unchanged.</para>
<para><command>newgrp</command> changes the current primary group to the
named group, or to the default group listed in /etc/passwd if no group
name is given.</para>
<para>By default, the user's standard shell is started, called as login
- shell if the '-' flag has been specified. If a group has been given
- as argument, a command and its arguments can be specified on the
- command line.</para>
+ shell if the <option>-</option> flag has been specified. If a group
+ has been given as argument, a command and its arguments can be
+ specified on the command line.</para>
<para>Please note that setting the primary group to any arbitrary group
- is no privileged operation on Windows. However, if this group is not
- in your current user token, or if the group is in your user token but
- marked as <literal>deny-only</literal>, no additional permissions can
- be obtained by setting this group as primary group.</para>
+ is no privileged operation on Windows. However, even if this group is
+ not in your current user token, or if the group is in your user token
+ but marked as <literal>deny-only</literal>, no additional permissions
+ can be obtained by setting this group as primary group.</para>
</refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="newgrp-seealso">
+ <title>See also</title>
+ <para><command>id</command>(1), <command>login</command>(1).</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
</refentry>
<refentry id="passwd">
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