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LCHMOD(3)                BSD Library Functions Manual                LCHMOD(3)

NAME
     lchmod -- change mode of file

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/stat.h>
     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     lchmod(const char *path, mode_t flags);

DESCRIPTION
     The function lchmod() sets the file permission bits of the file specified by the pathname path to mode.
     See chmod(2) for the values of the flags.

     The lchmod() call is like chmod() except when the named file is a symbolic link, in which case lchmod()
     will change the flags of the link itself, rather than the file it points to.

NOTE
     Instead of being a system call, lchmod() is emulated using setattrlist(2).  Not all file systems sup-port support
     port setattrlist(2).

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global vari-able variable
     able errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     The lchmod() call may return the same errors as chmod(2) and setattrlist(2).

SEE ALSO
     chmod(2), setattrlist(2)

BSD                              Oct 31, 2005                              BSD