CHOWN(1) FSF CHOWN(1) NNAAMMEE chown - change file owner and group SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS cchhoowwnn [_O_P_T_I_O_N]... _O_W_N_E_R[_:[_G_R_O_U_P]] _F_I_L_E... cchhoowwnn [_O_P_T_I_O_N]... _:_G_R_O_U_P _F_I_L_E... cchhoowwnn [_O_P_T_I_O_N]... _-_-_r_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_=_R_F_I_L_E _F_I_L_E... DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN This manual page documents the GNU version of cchhoowwnn. cchhoowwnn changes the user and/or group ownership of each given file, according to its first non-option argument, which is interpreted as follows. If only a user name (or numeric user ID) is given, that user is made the owner of each given file, and the files' group is not changed. If the user name is followed by a colon or dot and a group name (or numeric group ID), with no spaces between them, the group ownership of the files is changed as well. If a colon or dot but no group name follows the user name, that user is made the owner of the files and the group of the files is changed to that user's login group. If the colon or dot and group are given, but the user name is omitted, only the group of the files is changed; in this case, cchhoowwnn performs the same function as cchhggrrpp. Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP. --cc, ----cchhaannggeess like verbose but report only when a change is made ----ddeerreeffeerreennccee affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather than the symbolic link itself --hh, ----nnoo--ddeerreeffeerreennccee affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (available only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink) ----ffrroomm=_C_U_R_R_E_N_T___O_W_N_E_R:CURRENT_GROUP change the owner and/or group of each file only if its current owner and/or group match those speci- fied here. Either may be omitted, in which case a match is not required for the omitted attribute. --ff, ----ssiilleenntt, ----qquuiieett suppress most error messages ----rreeffeerreennccee=_R_F_I_L_E use RFILE's owner and group rather than the speci- fied OWNER:GROUP values chown (fileutils) 4.1 April 2002 1 CHOWN(1) FSF CHOWN(1) --RR, ----rreeccuurrssiivvee operate on files and directories recursively --vv, ----vveerrbboossee output a diagnostic for every file processed ----hheellpp display this help and exit ----vveerrssiioonn output version information and exit Owner is unchanged if missing. Group is unchanged if missing, but changed to login group if implied by a `:'. OWNER and GROUP may be numeric as well as symbolic. AAUUTTHHOORR Written by David MacKenzie. RREEPPOORRTTIINNGG BBUUGGSS Report bugs to . CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT Copyright (C) 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. SSEEEE AALLSSOO The full documentation for cchhoowwnn is maintained as a Tex- info manual. If the iinnffoo and cchhoowwnn programs are properly installed at your site, the command iinnffoo cchhoowwnn should give you access to the complete manual. chown (fileutils) 4.1 April 2002 2