chown.8 (5fa09bc1976bcc648a6f4fb8a7dff06f0975c2ad) chown.8 (4ace33924bdc17d86b3112cda4df520b43f45910)
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52.Oo
53.Fl R
54.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
55.Oc
56.No : Ns Ar group
57.Ar
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59.Nm Chown
1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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52.Oo
53.Fl R
54.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
55.Oc
56.No : Ns Ar group
57.Ar
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59.Nm Chown
60sets the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files.
60changes the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files.
61Symbolic links named by arguments are silently left unchanged unless
62.Op Fl h
63is used.
61.Pp
62The options are as follows:
63.Bl -tag -width Ds
64.It Fl H
65If the
66.Fl R
67option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
68(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)

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77This is the default.
78.It Fl R
79Change the user ID and/or the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted
80in the files instead of just the files themselves.
81.It Fl f
82Don't report any failure to change file owner or group, nor modify
83the exit status to reflect such failures.
84.It Fl h
64.Pp
65The options are as follows:
66.Bl -tag -width Ds
67.It Fl H
68If the
69.Fl R
70option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
71(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)

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80This is the default.
81.It Fl R
82Change the user ID and/or the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted
83in the files instead of just the files themselves.
84.It Fl f
85Don't report any failure to change file owner or group, nor modify
86the exit status to reflect such failures.
87.It Fl h
85If the file is a symbolic link, change the user ID and/or the group ID
86of the link itself rather than the file that the link points to.
88If the file is a symbolic link, change the user ID and/or the
89group ID of the link itself.
87.It Fl v
88Cause
89.Nm
90to be verbose, showing files as the owner is modified.
91.El
92.Pp
93The
94.Fl H ,

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90.It Fl v
91Cause
92.Nm
93to be verbose, showing files as the owner is modified.
94.El
95.Pp
96The
97.Fl H ,

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