GNU/Linux |
CentOS 4.8 |
i386 |
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chgrp(1) |
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chgrp − change group ownership
chgrp
[OPTION]... GROUP FILE...
chgrp [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE
FILE...
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 symbolic link itself (this is the default)
−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
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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.
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.
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