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instance method

FileUtils#chown

(::String? user, ::String? group, ::FileUtils::pathlist list, ?noop: ::boolish, ?verbose: ::boolish) -> void

chown(user, group, list, noop: nil, verbose: nil)

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/lib/fileutils.rb, line 1923
def chown(user, group, list, noop: nil, verbose: nil)
  list = fu_list(list)
  fu_output_message sprintf('chown %s %s',
                            (group ? "#{user}:#{group}" : user || ':'),
                            list.join(' ')) if verbose
  return if noop
  uid = fu_get_uid(user)
  gid = fu_get_gid(group)
  list.each do |path|
    Entry_.new(path).chown uid, gid
  end
end

Changes the owner and group on the entries at the paths given in list (a single path or an array of paths) to the given user and group; returns list if it is an array, [list] otherwise:

Modifies each entry that is a regular file using File.chown.
Modifies each entry that is a symbolic link using File.lchown.

Argument list or its elements should be interpretable as paths.

User and group:

Argument user may be a user name or a user id; if nil or -1, the user is not changed.
Argument group may be a group name or a group id; if nil or -1, the group is not changed.
The user must be a member of the group.

Examples:

Example

# One path.
# User and group as string names.
File.stat('src0.txt').uid # => 1004
File.stat('src0.txt').gid # => 1004
FileUtils.chown('user2', 'group1', 'src0.txt')
File.stat('src0.txt').uid # => 1006
File.stat('src0.txt').gid # => 1005

# User and group as uid and gid.
FileUtils.chown(1004, 1004, 'src0.txt')
File.stat('src0.txt').uid # => 1004
File.stat('src0.txt').gid # => 1004

# Array of paths.
FileUtils.chown(1006, 1005, ['src0.txt', 'src0.dat'])

# Directory (not recursive).
FileUtils.chown('user2', 'group1', '.')

Keyword arguments:

noop: true - does not change permissions; returns nil.

verbose: true - prints an equivalent command:

Example

FileUtils.chown('user2', 'group1', 'src0.txt', noop: true, verbose: true)
FileUtils.chown(1004, 1004, 'src0.txt', noop: true, verbose: true)
FileUtils.chown(1006, 1005, ['src0.txt', 'src0.dat'], noop: true, verbose: true)
FileUtils.chown('user2', 'group1', path, noop: true, verbose: true)
FileUtils.chown('user2', 'group1', '.', noop: true, verbose: true)

Output:

chown user2:group1 src0.txt
chown 1004:1004 src0.txt
chown 1006:1005 src0.txt src0.dat
chown user2:group1 src0.txt
chown user2:group1 .

Related: FileUtils.chown_R.

See also .chown #chmod_R #chown_R #chmod also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0

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