>Gary Gendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there a Solaris equivalent to the lchmod library function found on Linux? >> The chmod changes the protection of the file the symbolic link is pointing to whereas lchmod changes the protection o f the link itself. I couldn't find a direct replacement. >> >> Of course I could roll my own, but I was wondering if I just missed it. Then >> again, is there som e precept on Solaris that symbolic links should always have 0777 protection attributes? > >Solaris AFAIK ignores the mode of symlinks. > >What do you like to achieve with this call?
There's one potential use: a chmod() call which doesn't follow symlinks. No race conditions, etc... Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
