CHGRP(P)                       FSF                       CHGRP(P)



NAME
       chgrp - change group ownership

SYNOPSIS
       chgrp [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 (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.

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       March 2002                   CHGRP(P)