CHMOD

Section: MINTLIB LIBRARY FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: 3 March 1993
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NAME

chmod - change mode of file

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int chmod(const char *path, int mode);

DESCRIPTION

path points to a path name naming a file. chmod sets the access permission portion of the named file's mode according to the bit pattern contained in the mode parameter. The possible access permission bits are defined in the include file <sys/stat.h>, see the stat call. The effective user ID of the process must match the owner of the file or be super-user to change the mode of a file.

RETURN VALUES

0 on success -1 on failure; errno is set to indicate the error.