Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

User Commands (c) chgrp(1)
For more information about ACLs, see the acl(5) reference page.
Environment Variables
The following environment variables affect the execution of the chgrp command:
UTILSGE Specifies that HP extensions to the root directory should be omitted
when the initial directory is root and a recursive operation occurs in an
OSS shell command. Application programs that test this variable
might also honor its settings.
The UTILSGE value can be any of the following:
NOE Omit the /E directory.
NOG Omit the /G directory.
NOG:NOE Omit both the /G and /E directories.
The effect of assigning a value to the UTILSGE environment variable
is the same as specifying the -W NOG or -W NOE flag in the com-
mand.
EXAMPLES
1. To change the group ownership of the file or directory named proposals to
staff,enter:
chgrp staff proposals
The group access permissions for proposals now apply to staff. See the
chmod(1) reference page for details.
2. To recursively change the group ownership of all OSS files on the local node to
the SUPER group, enter:
chgrp -W NOG -W NOE -R SUPER /
NOTES
Because /G and /E both appear in your local root directory, you should be very careful when
using OSS shell commands on or from the root directory. OSS shell commands that perform
recursive actions make no distinction between Guardian and OSS files or between local and
remote files. You can use the -W NOE and -W NOG flags or the UTILSGE environment vari-
able to exclude objects in the Guardian file system or objects accessible through the Expand pro-
duct.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: chmod(1), chown(1), ls(1).
Functions: chmod(2), chown(2).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
The -W NOE and -W NOG flags and the UTILSGE environment variable are HP extensions to
the XPG4 Version 2 specification.
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