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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 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: .\"    @(#)chgrp.1     6.3 (Berkeley) 4/21/88
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH CHGRP 1 "April 21, 1988"
                      8: .UC 5
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: chgrp \- change group
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B chgrp
                     13: [
                     14: .B -Rf
                     15: ]
                     16: group file ...
                     17: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     18: .I Chgrp
                     19: changes the group-ID of the
                     20: .I files
                     21: to
                     22: .IR group .
                     23: The group may be either a decimal GID or
                     24: a group name found in the group-ID file.
                     25: .PP
                     26: The user invoking 
                     27: .I chgrp
                     28: must belong
                     29: to the specified group and be the owner of the file, or be the super-user.
                     30: .PP
                     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 chgrp
                     39: recursively descends its directory arguments
                     40: setting the specified group-ID.
                     41: When symbolic links are encountered, their group is changed,
                     42: but they are not traversed.
                     43: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     44: chown(1), chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)

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