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instance method

FileUtils#chown_R

chown_R(user, group, list, noop: nil, verbose: nil, force: nil)

Changes owner and group on the named files (in list) to the user user and the group group recursively. user and group may be an ID (Integer/String) or a name (String). If user or group is nil, this method does not change the attribute.

Example
FileUtils.chown_R 'www', 'www', '/var/www/htdocs'
FileUtils.chown_R 'cvs', 'cvs', '/var/cvs', verbose: true
See also .chown_R #chown #cmp #chmod_R also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1