Harry Putnam asked: > The script below is my first usage of perls `chmod', but it appears to > be in keeping with the info at perldoc -f chmod. > > But somehow in the print of $mode it turns into 493... even though it > is set to 755. Its just the print though... the actual chmod appears > to be working as expected. > > Can anyone tell me how printing of $mode = 0755 turns into 493?
See "perldoc -q octal". HTH, Thomas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
