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.IX Title "CHOWN 1"
.TH CHOWN 1 "2001-06-06" "perl v5.20.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
chown \-\- change ownership of files.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
chown [\-R [\-H | \-L | \-P]] user[:group] file [files ...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fIchown\fR sets the ownership of files. The first argument after the
options is either a \fIuser\fR, or a \fIuser\fR\-\fIgroup\fR pair, separated
by a colon. If the \fIgroup\fR is given, group membership of the file
is changed as well.
.SS "\s-1OPTIONS\s0"
.IX Subsection "OPTIONS"
\&\fIchown\fR accepts the options described below. The options \fI\-L\fR,
\&\fI\-H\fR and \fI\-P\fR are mutally exclusive, and only the last given
option will be honoured. All of \fI\-L\fR, \fI\-H\fR and \fI\-P\fR require the
\&\fI\-R\fR option to be set first.
.IP "\-R" 4
.IX Item "-R"
Recurse into directories. Any directories are recursively traversed,
and all files and directories will change owner.
.IP "\-L" 4
.IX Item "-L"
Follow symbolic links. By default, \fIchown\fR will not follow symbolic
links. This is a potential dangerous option, as \fIchown\fR will not
check for cycles. Be careful. This option requires the \fI\-R\fR option to be set.
.IP "\-H" 4
.IX Item "-H"
Follow symbolic links of command line files/directories only. This option
requires the \fI\-R\fR option to be set.
.IP "\-P" 4
.IX Item "-P"
Do not follow symbolic links at all. This option requires the \fI\-R\fR option
to be set.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
The working of \fIchown\fR is not influenced by any environment variables.
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
\&\fIchown\fR can loop forever when symbolic links create cycles.
.PP
\&\fIchown\fR uses \f(CW\*(C`File::Find\*(C'\fR to recurse.
.SH "REVISION HISTORY"
.IX Header "REVISION HISTORY"
.Vb 3
\&    $Log: chown,v $
\&    Revision 1.1.1.1  2001/06/06 08:54:17  sdague
\&    initial import
\&
\&    Revision 1.1.1.1  2001/05/13 19:55:54  sdague
\&    added initial import of PPT work
\&
\&    Revision 1.1  1999/02/28 19:59:17  abigail
\&    Initial revision
.Ve
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
The Perl implementation of \fIchown\fR was written by Abigail, \fIabigail@fnx.com\fR.
.SH "COPYRIGHT and LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT and LICENSE"
This program is copyright by Abigail 1999.
.PP
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.