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chmod(1)

CHMOD(3F)  —  NEWS-OS Programmer’s Manual

NAME

chmod − change mode of a file

SYNOPSIS

integer function chmod (name, mode)
character∗(∗) name, mode

DESCRIPTION

This function changes the filesystem mode of file name. Mode can be any specification recognized by chmod(1). Name must be a single pathname. 

The normal returned value is 0.  Any other value will be a system error number. 

FILES

/usr/lib/libU77.a
/bin/chmodexec’ed to change the mode. 

SEE ALSO

chmod(1)

BUGS

Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>.

NEWS-OSRelease 4.1C

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