Thank you! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:28 AM To: Copits Richard; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: How do I retrieve permissions?
------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:12:43 -0500, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am writing a program that uses the CHMOD function to set permissions > on a file. I'd like to then be able to "read" or "retrieve" the > permission value for that file and compare it against what I wanted to > set it to to know if it actually did get changed. I searched the > fuctions that are built into PERL but didn't find anything that seemed > to fit. Can anyone suggest how I can retrieve the permissions on a > file? I've tried a GOOGLE search on "perl" and "module" and > "permissions" but nothing seemed to fit. Thank you. > To answer your question you want to have a look at the 'stat' function. perldoc -f stat, specifically the mode entry. As an aside, you should be able to use an 'or' construct with your chmod command to see if it worked, i.e.: chmod 0755, $file or die "Couldn't change permissions on file: $!"; http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
