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Annotation of 43BSDReno/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)chown.8     6.3 (Berkeley) 4/21/88
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH CHOWN 8 "April 21, 1988"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: chown \- change owner
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B chown
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-Rf
        !            15: ]
        !            16: owner[.group] file ...
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: .I Chown
        !            19: changes the owner of the
        !            20: .I files
        !            21: to
        !            22: .IR owner .
        !            23: The owner may be either a decimal UID or
        !            24: a login name found in the password file.
        !            25: An optional group may also be specified.
        !            26: The group may be either a decimal GID or
        !            27: a group name found in the group-ID file.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: Only the super-user can change owner,
        !            30: in order to simplify accounting procedures.
        !            31: No errors, except for usage errors, are reported when the
        !            32: .B \-f
        !            33: (force) option is given.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: When the
        !            36: .B \-R
        !            37: option is given, 
        !            38: .I chown
        !            39: recursively descends its directory arguments
        !            40: setting the specified owner.
        !            41: When symbolic links are encountered, their ownership is changed,
        !            42: but they are not traversed.
        !            43: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            44: chgrp(1), chown(2)

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