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 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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-.\"     from: @(#)chgrp.1      8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
-.\"    $NetBSD: chgrp.1,v 1.10 1997/12/21 18:11:19 kleink Exp $
+.\"     @(#)chgrp.1    8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/chown/chgrp.1,v 1.13 2001/08/15 09:09:46 ru Exp $

 .\"
 .Dd March 31, 1994
 .Dt CHGRP 1
 .\"
 .Dd March 31, 1994
 .Dt CHGRP 1

-.Os BSD 4.2
+.Os

 .Sh NAME
 .Nm chgrp
 .Nd change group
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm chgrp
 .Nd change group
 .Sh SYNOPSIS

-.Nm
+.Nm chgrp
+.Op Fl fhnv

 .Oo
 .Fl R
 .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
 .Oc
 .Oo
 .Fl R
 .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
 .Oc

-.Op Fl fh

 .Ar group
 .Ar group

-.Ar files ...
+.Ar

 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The

-.Nm
+.Nm chgrp

 utility sets the group ID of the file named by each
 .Ar file
 operand to the
 .Ar group
 ID specified by the group operand.
 .Pp
 utility sets the group ID of the file named by each
 .Ar file
 operand to the
 .Ar group
 ID specified by the group operand.
 .Pp

-Options:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds
+The following options are available:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl f
+The force option ignores errors, except for usage errors and doesn't
+query about strange modes (unless the user does not have proper permissions).

 .It Fl H
 If the
 .Fl R
 option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
 .It Fl H
 If the
 .Fl R
 option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.

-(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
+(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed).
+.It Fl h
+If the file is a symbolic link, the group ID of the link itself is changed
+rather than the file that is pointed to.

 .It Fl L
 If the
 .Fl R
 .It Fl L
 If the
 .Fl R


@@ -74,27 +80,20 @@ option is specified, all symbolic links are followed.
 If the
 .Fl R
 option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
 If the
 .Fl R
 option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.

+This is the default. Use
+.Fl h
+to change the group ID of a symbolic link.

 .It Fl R
 Change the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted
 in the files instead of just the files themselves.
 .It Fl R
 Change the group ID for the file hierarchies rooted
 in the files instead of just the files themselves.

-.It Fl f
-The force option ignores errors, except for usage errors and doesn't
-query about strange modes (unless the user does not have proper permissions).
-.It Fl h
-If
-.Ar file
-is a symbolic link, the group of the link is changed.
+.It Fl n
+Interpret the group ID as numeric, avoiding the name lookup.
+.It Fl v
+Cause
+.Nm chgrp
+to be verbose, showing files as the group is modified.

 .El
 .Pp
 .El
 .Pp

-If
-.Fl h
-is not given, unless the 
-.Fl H
-or
-.Fl L
-option is set,
-.Nm
-on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect.

 The
 .Fl H ,
 .Fl L
 The
 .Fl H ,
 .Fl L


@@ -114,27 +113,24 @@ If a group name is also a numeric group ID, the operand is used as a
 group name.
 .Pp
 The user invoking
 group name.
 .Pp
 The user invoking

-.Nm
+.Nm chgrp

 must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file,
 or be the super-user.
 must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file,
 or be the super-user.

-.Pp
-Unless invoked by the super-user,
-.Nm
-clears the set-user-id and set-group-id bits on a file to prevent
-accidental or mischievous creation of set-user-id or set-group-id
-programs.
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+In previous versions of this system, symbolic links did not have groups.

 .Pp
 The
 .Pp
 The

-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Fl v
+option is non-standard and its use in scripts is not recommended.

 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact
 .It Pa /etc/group
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /etc/group -compact
 .It Pa /etc/group

-Group ID file
+group ID file

 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr chown 2 ,
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr chown 2 ,

-.Xr lchown 2 ,

 .Xr fts 3 ,
 .Xr group 5 ,
 .Xr passwd 5 ,
 .Xr fts 3 ,
 .Xr group 5 ,
 .Xr passwd 5 ,


@@ -142,5 +138,7 @@ Group ID file
 .Xr chown 8
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Xr chown 8
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The

-.Nm
-utility is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.
+.Nm chgrp
+utility is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compatible.