Hello all, I want to do a chgrp() without invoking a child process.
I had assumed that chgrp() is a C function with a perl equivalent, just the same as chown() and chmod() are. But I am clearly mistaken. ----------------------\/--------BEGIN---------\/---------------------- % man -l chgrp chgrp (1) -M /usr/local/man chgrp (1) -M /usr/man chgrp (1) -M /depot/local/man chgrp (1) -M /usr/share/man % % perldoc -f chgrp No documentation for perl function `chgrp' found % perldoc -q chgrp No documentation for perl FAQ keyword `chgrp' found % ----------------------/\---------END----------/\---------------------- I also did a full search for "chgrp" on http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/docperl, and I got only two hits pertaining to a configuration variable for building perl, which apparently does not even have a meaningful value. Here is the relevant excerpt from http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/perl/lib/Config.html: => chgrp => From Loc.U: => => This variable is defined but not used by Configure. => The value is a plain '' and is not useful. So, can this be done? Can I do a chgrp() without invoking a child process? If so, how? If not, why not? What makes chgrp(1) fundamentally different from chown(1) that it does not have a C or perl builtin? If I want to roll my own chgrp() how can I do that? Thanks in advance for your help. peace, || Uttaranchal: Electricity from 7th century water mills: --{kr.pA} || http://tinyurl.com/yufep -- What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? -- Mahatma Gandhi, "Non-Violence in Peace and War" _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
