1Lchown(3)             User Contributed Perl Documentation            Lchown(3)
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NAME

6       Lchown - use the lchown(2) system call from Perl
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SYNOPSIS

9         use Lchown;
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11         lchown $uid, $gid, 'foo' or die "lchown: $!";
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13         my $count = lchown $uid, $gid, @filenames;
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15         # or
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17         use Lchown qw(lchown LCHOWN_AVAILABLE);
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19         warn "this system lacks the lchown system call\n" unless LCHOWN_AVAILABLE;
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21         ...
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23         # or
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25         use Lchown ();
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27         warn "this won't work\n" unless Lchown::LCHOWN_AVAILABLE;
28         Lchown::lchown $uid, $gid, 'foo' or die "lchown: $!";
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DESCRIPTION

31       Provides a perl interface to the "lchown()" system call, on platforms
32       that support it.
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DEFAULT EXPORTS

35       The following symbols are exported be default:
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37       lchown (LIST)
38           Like the "chown" builtin, but using the "lchown()" system call so
39           that symlinks will not be followed.  Returns the number of files
40           successfully changed.
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42           On systems without the "lchown()" system call, "lchown" always
43           returns "undef" and sets "errno" to "ENOSYS" (Function not
44           implemented).
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ADDITIONAL EXPORTS

47       The following symbols are available for export but are not exported by
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50       LCHOWN_AVAILABLE ()
51           Returns true on platforms with the "lchown()" system call, and
52           false on platforms without.
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SEE ALSO

55       "chown" in perlfunc, lchown(2)
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AUTHOR

58       Nick Cleaton <nick@cleaton.net>
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61       Copyright 2003-2009 Nick Cleaton, all rights reserved.
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63       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
64       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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