CHGRP(1)

NAME
chgrp - change group ownership of files

SYNOPSIS
chgrp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] group file [files ...]

DESCRIPTION
chgrp sets the group ownership of files. The first argument after the options is the new group.

  OPTIONS
chgrp accepts the options described below. The options -L, -H and -P are mutually exclusive, and only the last given option will be honoured. All of -L, -H and -P require the -R option to be set first.

-R  Recurse into directories. Any directories are recursively traversed, and all files and directories will change owner.

-L  Follow symbolic links. By default, chgrp will not follow symbolic links. This is a potential dangerous option, as chgrp will not check for cycles. Be careful. This option requires the -R option to be set.

-H  Follow symbolic links of command line files/directories only. This option requires the -R option to be set.

-P  Do not follow symbolic links at all. This option requires the -R option to be set.

ENVIRONMENT
The working of chgrp is not influenced by any environment variables.

BUGS
chgrp can loop forever when symbolic links create cycles.

chgrp uses "File::Find" to recurse.

REVISION HISTORY
    $Log: chgrp,v $
    Revision 1.2  2004/08/05 14:17:43  cwest
    cleanup, new version number on website

    Revision 1.1  2004/07/23 20:10:01  cwest
    initial import

    Revision 1.1  1999/03/02 22:34:29  abigail
    Initial revision

AUTHOR
The Perl implementation of chgrp was written by Abigail, perlpowertools@abigail.be.

COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
This program is copyright by Abigail 1999.

This program is free and open software. You may use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others to do the same.