Manual page for CHGRP(1)
chgrp - change the group ownership of a file
SYNOPSIS
chgrp
[
-f
] [
-R
]
groupfilename...
DESCRIPTION
chgrp
changes the group
ID
(GID)
of the
filenames
given as arguments to
group.
The group may be either a decimal
GID
or a group name found in the
GID
file,
/etc/group.
You must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the
file,
or be the super-user.
OPTIONS
- -f
-
Force. Do not report errors.
- -R
-
Recursive.
chgrp
descends through
the directory, and any subdirectories,
setting the specified
GID
as it proceeds.
When symbolic links are encountered, their group is changed,
but they are not traversed.
FILES
/etc/group
SEE ALSO
chown.2v
group.5
passwd.5
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Last modified 11/5/97
