NAME

public − make files available to the rest of the world

SYNOPSIS

public file ... 

DESCRIPTION

Public places copies of the argument files in the directory /usr/public changing the ownership of the files to the user “public.” All users of the system can then access these files.  Mode bits are preserved by the copy. 

FILES

/usr/public/*

WARNING

Don’t use public as a garbage can. To much of this will make public (and perhaps the offending user) go away. 

AUTHOR

Charles Haley