tldr/pages/common/chown.md
Marco Bonelli 2599a6de48 Refactor: change "folder" to "directory" where needed.
This commit fixes every instance in which the word "folder" is
incorrectly used instead of "directory".
2019-02-13 20:51:04 +05:30

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# chown
> Change user and group ownership of files and directories.
- Change the owner user of a file/directory:
`chown {{user}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
- Change the owner user and group of a file/directory:
`chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
- Recursively change the owner of a directory and its contents:
`chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/directory}}`
- Change the owner of a symbolic link:
`chown -h {{user}} {{path/to/symlink}}`
- Change the owner of a file/directory to match a reference file:
`chown --reference={{path/to/reference_file}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`