Tracy 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?

One cause for the confusion might be that there is a chmod command in
the Posix Shell and a chmod() library function (Posix API routine) in
the /lib/libc.a NMRL (as well as in /lib/libc.sl NMXL, I guess).

Regarding calling libc.a functions from COBOL, you might also find my
COBOL/iX CGI example on Jazz useful (in the "papers" section, as far
as I recall). It calls a few functions from the Posix libc and in the
source code it also mentions compile and link options.

Calling C from COBOL can be tricky when pointer passing gets involved.

Lars.


PS: The OnTopic subject tag is nice (given the recent OffTopic floods).

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