chown man page on Minix

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CHOWN(8)							      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)

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