Tracy Pierce wrote:
>
> I the 5.0 communicator article describing posix file security, it says "The
> bits ... can be changed by the chmod() function.  These bits can be read by
> calling the stat() or fstat() functions".
>
> Fair enough, and when in the shell (sh.hpbin.sys), chmod is there and works.
> But where are stat() and fstat()?  The only clue I have here is mention of
> "calling".  But they're not MPE intrinsics.  Where do I find these?

Look in the MPE/iX Developer's Kit Reference Manual Vol 1:

http://docs.hp.com/mpeix/onlinedocs/36430-90007/36430-90007.html

Since the POSIX permissions bits are implemented via ACDs, you could also use
the standard ACD intrinsics to manipulate this information.
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