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+// Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+import { sendSync, sendAsync } from "./dispatch_json.ts";
+import * as dispatch from "./dispatch.ts";
+
+/**
+ * Change owner of a regular file or directory synchronously. Unix only at the moment.
+ * @param path path to the file
+ * @param uid user id of the new owner
+ * @param gid group id of the new owner
+ */
+export function chownSync(path: string, uid: number, gid: number): void {
+  sendSync(dispatch.OP_CHOWN, { path, uid, gid });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Change owner of a regular file or directory asynchronously. Unix only at the moment.
+ * @param path path to the file
+ * @param uid user id of the new owner
+ * @param gid group id of the new owner
+ */
+export async function chown(
+  path: string,
+  uid: number,
+  gid: number
+): Promise<void> {
+  await sendAsync(dispatch.OP_CHOWN, { path, uid, gid });
+}