CHGRP(1) FSF CHGRP(1)
NAME
chgrp - change group ownership
SYNOPSIS
chgrp [OPTION]... GROUP FILE...
chgrp [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
DESCRIPTION
Change the group membership of each FILE to GROUP.
-c, --changes
like verbose but report only when a change is made
--dereference
affect the referent of each symbolic link(1,2), rather than the sym-
bolic link(1,2) itself
-h, --no-dereference
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file(1,n) (available
only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)
-f, --silent, --quiet
suppress most error(8,n) messages
--reference=RFILE
use RFILE's group rather than the specified GROUP value
-R, --recursive
operate on files and directories recursively
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every file(1,n) processed
--help display this help and exit(3,n,1 builtins)
--version
output version(1,3,5) information and exit(3,n,1 builtins)
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001 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(1,5,n) and chgrp programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info(1,5,n) chgrp
should give you access(2,5) to the complete manual.
chgrp (fileutils) 4.1 April 2001 CHGRP(1)