.Dd January 30, 2015
.Dt CHOWN 1
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
.Nm chown
.Nd change file ownership
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl Rr
.Op Fl H
.Op Fl L
.Op Fl P
.Op Ar owner Op Ar :group
.Op Ar file ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
changes the user or group ownership for the given
.Ar files .
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl R
Equivalent to \-r.
.It Fl r
Change directory ownership recursively.
.It Fl H
Only dereference symbolic links that are passed as command line arguments when
recursively traversing directories.
.It Fl L
Always dereference symbolic links while recursively traversing directories.
.It Fl P
Don't dereference symbolic links (default).
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chown 2