method

lchown

v1_8_7_72 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: File

lchown(...) public

Equivalent to File::chown, but does not follow symbolic links (so it will change the owner associated with the link, not the file referenced by the link). Often not available. Returns number of files in the argument list.

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     file.lchown(owner_int, group_int, file_name,..) => integer
 *  
 *  Equivalent to <code>File::chown</code>, but does not follow symbolic
 *  links (so it will change the owner associated with the link, not the
 *  file referenced by the link). Often not available. Returns number
 *  of files in the argument list.
 *     
 */

static VALUE
rb_file_s_lchown(argc, argv)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
{
    VALUE o, g, rest;
    struct chown_args arg;
    long n;

    rb_secure(2);
    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "2*", &o, &g, &rest);
    if (NIL_P(o)) {
        arg.owner = -1;
    }
    else {
        arg.owner = NUM2INT(o);
    }
    if (NIL_P(g)) {
        arg.group = -1;
    }
    else {
        arg.group = NUM2INT(g);
    }

    n = apply2files(lchown_internal, rest, &arg);
    return LONG2FIX(n);
}

lchown

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