Hi Guy,

Here's a sample C program that chmod's a file:

#define _POSIX_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

void main()
{

   chmod("myfile", S_IROTH | S_IWOTH | S_IXOTH );

}

You construct the mode specs from the constants found in
/usr/include/sys/stat.h (see chmod(2) on an HPUX box).

So this sample program would take the file 'myfile' which might look like
this:

-rw-rw----   1 MGR.HOTSITE       HOTSITE        0 Mar  6 14:15 myfile

And change it's access to this:

-------rwx   1 MGR.HOTSITE       HOTSITE        0 Mar  6 14:15 myfile

Which in real life might be pretty pointless but hey, it's an example!

Hope this helps!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Paul <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, March 06, 2000 1:09 PM
Subject: How to chmod in C pgm


>I need to do a chmod on a file withing a C program. Not being a
>C programmer, I was wondering if one of you on the list could
>give me an example of how this could be accomplished.
>
>TIA...
>
>Guy Paul
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