GNU bug report logs - #20143
chmod,chown: add --dry-run option

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From: Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@HIDDEN>
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Subject: --dry-run for chmod and chown
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Hi folks,

a dry run mode for chmod and chown would be very helpful,
especially together with "-v --reference-file".

Hopefully I am not too blind to see. Most recent version 
I checked was coreutils 8.23. 


Thanx very much. Please keep on your good work

Harri
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