Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!virtech!cpcahil
From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ignore interrupt in system() calls?
Message-ID: <1143@virtech.UUCP>
Date: 10 Sep 89 17:55:17 GMT
References: <46800009@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc
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In article <46800009@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu>, thompson@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> So, I need one of three things:
> 
> 3. A way to "chmod" files from within a C program without using "system()".

This, by far, would be the most optimal method to use, since it would only
require a single system call chmod(2) as opposed to a fork, exec of the shell,
fork, exec of the chmod program which will do a chmod(2) system call.

RTFM for usage of chmod(2).


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