CHGRP(1) FSF CHGRP(1)NAMEchgrp - change group ownership
SYNOPSISchgrp [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, rather
than the symbolic link itself
-h, --no-dereference
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced
file (available only on systems that can change the
ownership of a symlink)
-f, --silent, --quiet
suppress most error 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 processed
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
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 condi
tions. 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 Tex
info manual. If the info and chgrp programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info chgrp
should give you access to the complete manual.
chgrp (fileutils) 4.1 April 2001 CHGRP(1)