Changes the owner of a file or directory.
Table B.13: Attributes
| Name | Type | Description | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
file | String | The name of the file or directory. You either have to specify this attribute, or use a fileset. | n/a | Yes |
user | String | The new owner of the file. Can contain a username and a groupname, separated by a dot. | n/a | No |
group | String | The new group owner of the file. | n/a | No |
quiet | Boolean | Set quiet mode, which suppresses warnings if
chmod() fails | false | No |
failonerror | Boolean | This flag means 'note errors to the output, but keep going' | true | No |
verbose | Boolean | Give more information in error message in case of a failure | true | No |
<chown file="my-file.txt" user="foo" /> <chown file="my-file.txt" user="username.groupname" /> <chown file="/home/test/my-directory" user="bar" /> <chown file="/home/test/my-file.txt" user="foo" verbose="true" failonerror="false" />