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-rw-r--r--lisp/dired.el5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 76ce9e8d45d..65f8a4e6dee 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ may contain even `F', `b', `i' and `s'. See also the variable
;;;###autoload
(defvar dired-chown-program
(if (memq system-type '(hpux dgux usg-unix-v irix linux lignux))
- "chown" "/etc/chown")
+ "chown"
+ (if (file-exists-p "/usr/sbin/chown")
+ "/usr/sbin/chown"
+ "/etc/chown"))
"Name of chown command (usually `chown' or `/etc/chown').")
(defvar dired-chmod-program