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.B EROFS
The named file resides on a read-only filesystem.
.SH VERSIONS
-.BR fchownat ()
-was added in Linux 2.6.16;
-library support was added in glibc 2.4.
-.SH STANDARDS
-.BR chown (),
-.BR fchown (),
-.BR lchown ():
-4.4BSD, SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
-.PP
The 4.4BSD version can be
used only by the superuser (that is, ordinary users cannot give away files).
.\" chown():
@@ -295,9 +286,21 @@ used only by the superuser (that is, ordinary users cannot give away files).
.\" fchown():
.\" SVr4 documents additional EINVAL, EIO, EINTR, and ENOLINK
.\" error conditions.
-.PP
-.BR fchownat ():
+.SH STANDARDS
+POSIX.1-2008.
+.SH HISTORY
+.TP
+.BR chown ()
+.TQ
+.BR fchown ()
+.TQ
+.BR lchown ()
+4.4BSD, SVr4, POSIX.1-2001.
+.TP
+.BR fchownat ()
POSIX.1-2008.
+Linux 2.6.16,
+glibc 2.4.
.SH NOTES
.SS Ownership of new files
When a new file is created (by, for example,