method

lchown

v1_9_3_125 - Show latest stable - Class: File

lchown(p1, p2, *args)

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.

static VALUE
rb_file_s_lchown(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 = NUM2UIDT(o);
    }
    if (NIL_P(g)) {
        arg.group = -1;
    }
    else {
        arg.group = NUM2GIDT(g);
    }

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

lchown

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