NAME

chgrp − change group

SYNOPSIS

chgrp [ -Rf ] group file ... 

DESCRIPTION

Chgrp changes the group-ID of the files to group. The group may be either a decimal GID or a group name found in the group-ID file.

The user invoking chgrp must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file, or be the super-user. 

No errors, except for usage errors, are reported when the −f (force) option is given. 

When the −R option is given, chgrp recursively descends its directory arguments setting the specified group-ID.  When symbolic links are encountered, their group is changed, but they are not traversed. 

SEE ALSO

chown(1), chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)

Sprite version 1.0  —  April 21, 1988