Chgrp Task

Chgrp

Description

Changes the group of a file or all files inside specified directories. Right now it has effect only under Unix. The group atribute is equivalent to the coresponding argument for the chgrp command.

FileSets can be specified using nested <fileset> elements.

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Required
file	the file or directory of which the group must be changed.	Yes or nested `<fileset>` elements.
group	the new group.	Yes
parallel	process all specified files using a single `chgrp` command. Defaults to true.	No
type	One of file, dir or both. If set to file, only the group of plain files are going to be changed. If set to dir, only the directories are considered.	No, default is file

Examples

<chgrp file="${dist}/start.sh" group="coders"/>

makes the "start.sh" file belong to the coders group on a UNIX system.

    <chgrp owner="coderjoe">
      <fileset dir="${dist}/bin" includes="**/*.sh"/>
    </chgrp>

makes all ".sh" files below ${dist}/bin belong to the coders group on a UNIX system.

<chgrp group="coders">
  <fileset dir="shared/sources1">
    <exclude name="**/trial/**"/>
  </fileset>
  <fileset refid="other.shared.sources"/>
</chgrp>

makes all files below shared/sources1 (except those below any directory named trial) belong to the coders group on a UNIX system. In addition all files belonging to a FileSet with id other.shared.sources get the same group.