how to use the chown function from the fs-extra library in typescript

You can use the chown function from the fs-extra library to change the owner and group of a directory or file in your Node.js application. Here's how to use it in TypeScript:

index.ts
import * as fs from "fs-extra";

async function changeOwnership() {
  try {
    await fs.chown("/path/to/file", 1001, 1002);
    console.log("Ownership changed successfully");
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
}
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In the example above, the chown function is called with three arguments:

1. The path to the directory or file whose ownership you want to change
2. The new owner user id (uid) as a number
3. The new group id (gid) as a number

The function returns a Promise that resolves when the ownership is changed successfully or rejects with an error message if something went wrong. Since chown is an asynchronous function, we need to use the async/await syntax to handle the Promise.

Note that you will need to have the necessary permissions to change the ownership of a directory or file. If you are not the owner of the file or directory and do not have root permissions, you may encounter an error when trying to use chown.