minix man page for chown

Query: chown

OS: minix

Section: 8

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CHOWN(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  CHOWN(8)

NAME
chown - change owner
SYNOPSIS
chown [-R] owner[:group] file ...
OPTIONS
-R Change directory hierarchies
EXAMPLES
chown ast file1 file2 # Make ast the owner of the files chown -R ast:other dir # Change the owner and group of all files in dir
DESCRIPTION
The owner field (and optionally group field) of the named files is changed to owner (i.e., login name specified) and group . Alterna- tively, a decimal uid(gid) may be specified instead of a user name. Only the superuser may execute this command.
SEE ALSO
chgrp(1), chmod(1), ls(1), chown(2). CHOWN(8)
Related Man Pages
chown(1) - redhat
chown(8) - mojave
chown(2) - minix
chown(8) - opendarwin
chown(3) - php
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