OK, I checked this, and mv does leave the original ownership intact, which may not be what one wants. However, chown "-R NEWOWNER.NEWACCT:NEWACCT /NEWACCT/NEWGROUP" from CI or the same command without the quotes from the shell appears to do the trick for each file in the group. I * think * that what chown calls owner, NEWOWNER.NEWACCT, is MPE's creator, and what chown calls group, NEWACCT, is MPE's group id (?). One more way to skin the proverbial cat; either approach depends on what you have available and are comfortable using. Pat Sarkar mentioned using DSCopy; does anyone know how this handles ownership? > ---------- > From: Gary L. Paveza, Jr.[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, March 09, 1998 12:06 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Rename of Groups and Accounts > > You wrote: > > <snip> >I have no idea how mv affects ownership, so you may need >to deal with that as well. > If you have MPEX, its really easy. > > MPEX > %ALTFILE @[log in to unmask];CREATOR=username.account > > Gary L. Paveza, Jr. > Technical Support Specialist > Decision Research Corporation >