[Boston.pm] Can I do a chgrp() without invoking a child process?

2004-11-23 Thread Kripa Sundar
Hello all, I want to do a chgrp() without invoking a child process. I had assumed that chgrp() is a C function with a perl equivalent, just the same as chown() and chmod() are. But I am clearly mistaken. --\/BEGIN-\/-- % man -l chgrp chgrp

Re: [Boston.pm] Can I do a chgrp() without invoking a child process?

2004-11-23 Thread Brian Reichert
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 01:15:35AM -0500, Kripa Sundar wrote: > Hello all, > > I want to do a chgrp() without invoking a child process. Then use chown(): chown LIST Changes the owner (and group) of a list of files. The first two elements of the list must be

Re: [Boston.pm] Can I do a chgrp() without invoking a child process?

2004-11-23 Thread Ron Newman
On Nov 24, 2004, at 1:15 AM, Kripa Sundar wrote: I want to do a chgrp() without invoking a child process. perldoc -f chown says: chown LIST Changes the owner (and group) of a list of files. The first two elements of the list must be the numeric uid and gid, in

Re: [Boston.pm] Can I do a chgrp() without invoking a child process?

2004-11-23 Thread Uri Guttman
> "KS" == Kripa Sundar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KS> I want to do a chgrp() without invoking a child process. KS> I had assumed that chgrp() is a C function with a perl KS> equivalent, just the same as chown() and chmod() are. KS> But I am clearly mistaken. unfortunately so. KS>

Re: [Boston.pm] Can I do a chgrp() without invoking a child process?

2004-11-23 Thread Kripa Sundar
> Then use chown(): > >chown LIST >Changes the owner (and group) of a list of files. [...] Thanks, Brian and Ron. That was fast! peace, || Uttaranchal: Electricity from 7th century water mills: --{kr.pA} || http://tinyurl.com/yufep -- What difference doe