.th PUBLIC VI 8/5/77 .sh NAME public \- make files available to the rest of the world .sh SYNOPSIS .bd public file ... .sh DESCRIPTION .it Public places copies of the argument files in the directory .it /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. .sh FILES /usr/public/* .sh WARNING Don't use public as a garbage can. To much of this will make public (and perhaps the offending user) go away. .sh AUTHOR Charles Haley