chgrp(C)                      06 January 1993                       chgrp(C)


 Name

    chgrp - change group ID

 Syntax

    chgrp group file ...

 Description

    chgrp changes the group ID of each file to group.  A group may be speci-
    fied by either its name or its ID (a decimal number). The names and cor-
    responding IDs of each group may be found in the file /etc/group (for
    more details, refer to the group(F) manual page).

 Limitations

    Only the owner or the super user can change the group ID of a file.

 Files

    /etc/group

 See also

    chown(C), group(F), passwd(F), chown(S)

 Standards conformance

    chgrp is conformant with:

    AT&T SVID Issue 2;
    NIST FIPS 151-1;
    X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 3, 1989.