critical impact:

chown - option differences (CrCh261)

Problem description

The chown command -f option is supported on Tru64 UNIX but not on HP-UX.

The chown command changes the owner of files or directories.

The following option is not available on HP-UX:

• -f - Turns off error reporting.

Identifiers

chown:-f

See also

• Background information on command and utilities impacts
• chown(1)

Solution description

Review your code and the applicable manpages to determine how to resolve this issue.

See also

• chown(1)

Problem summary