Lchown(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Lchown(3pm)
NAME
Lchown - use the lchown(2) system call from Perl
SYNOPSIS
use Lchown;
lchown $uid, $gid, 'foo' or die "lchown: $!";
my $count = lchown $uid, $gid, @filenames;
# or
use Lchown qw(lchown LCHOWN_AVAILABLE);
warn "this system lacks the lchown system call\n" unless LCHOWN_AVAILABLE;
...
# or
use Lchown ();
warn "this won't work\n" unless Lchown::LCHOWN_AVAILABLE;
Lchown::lchown $uid, $gid, 'foo' or die "lchown: $!";
DESCRIPTION
Provides a perl interface to the "lchown()" system call, on platforms
that support it.
DEFAULT EXPORTS
The following symbols are exported be default:
lchown (LIST)
Like the "chown" builtin, but using the "lchown()" system call so
that symlinks will not be followed. Returns the number of files
successfully changed.
On systems without the "lchown()" system call, "lchown" always
returns "undef" and sets "errno" to "ENOSYS" (Function not
implemented).
ADDITIONAL EXPORTS
The following symbols are available for export but are not exported by
default:
LCHOWN_AVAILABLE ()
Returns true on platforms with the "lchown()" system call, and
false on platforms without.
SEE ALSO
"chown" in perlfunc, lchown(2)
AUTHOR
Nick Cleaton <nick@cleaton.net>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2003-2009 Nick Cleaton, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.30.0 2019-10-06 Lchown(3pm)