Lchown - use the lchown(2) system call from Perl
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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.
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 v5.40.0 2024-10-20 Lchown(3pm)
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).
Description
Provides a perl interface to the lchown() system call, on platforms that support it.
Name
Lchown - use the lchown(2) system call from Perl
See Also
"chown" in perlfunc, lchown(2)
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: $!";
