Chris Ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > >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...
> >
> > OK, this makes sense.
>
> BTW, it's not just a Linux thing -- the BSDs have lchmod as well, and
> HP-UX used it for their transition links stuff
HP-UX checks the permissions of symlinks, but I am not sure whether lchmod
exists for a longer time. star sets the modes of a symlink using umask(2)
on HP-UX. As this is not deactivated on other OS, it would work on Solaris
too if Solaris would allow to have different symlink modes.
Jörg
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