chgrp

CHGRP(1) User Commands CHGRP(1)

NAME

chgrp - change group ownership


SYNOPSIS
chgrp [OPTION]... GROUP FILE...
chgrp [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...

DESCRIPTION

Change the group of each FILE to GROUP. With --reference, change the
group of each FILE to that of RFILE.


-c, --changes
like verbose but report only when a change is made


--dereference
affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather than the sym-
bolic link itself


-h, --no-dereference
affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced file (useful
only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)


--no-preserve-root do not treat "/" specially (the default)


--preserve-root
fail to operate recursively on "/"


-f, --silent, --quiet
suppress most error messages


--reference=RFILE
use RFILE"s group rather than the specifying GROUP value


-R, --recursive
operate on files and directories recursively


-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every file processed


The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R
option is also specified. If more than one is specified, only the
final one takes effect.


-H if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory,
traverse it


-L traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered


-P do not traverse any symbolic links (default)


--help display this help and exit


--version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.


REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.



SEE ALSO

The full documentation for chgrp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and chgrp programs are properly installed at your site, the
command


info coreutils chgrp


should give you access to the complete manual.






chgrp (coreutils) 5.2.1 July 2004 CHGRP(1)