is chmod(766) possible in C++?

[Stewart]

Hi, I'm working on a program in VC++ right now that needs to set file
permissions of a given file to 766 (read/write/execute). Now I've found
the _chmod() function in the API help docs, but that only caters for
read/write.

Is there ANY way of setting 766 to a file through C++ at all?

Many thanks.

Mike

 

[Howard]

Hi, I'm working on a program in VC++ right now that needs to set file
permissions of a given file to 766 (read/write/execute). Now I've found
the _chmod() function in the API help docs, but that only caters for
read/write.

Is there ANY way of setting 766 to a file through C++ at all?

You need to ask this in a vc++ or win32 newsgroup.

-Howard

 

[Wolfgang Draxinger]

You need to ask this in a vc++ or win32 newsgroup.

You mean POSIX. Windows doesn't know numerical permissions, like
Unix.

@ the OP: It seems like you're developing in a *nix environment:

$ apropos chmod
chmod (1) - change access permissions of files
chmod (2) - change permissions of a file
fchmod [chmod] (2) - change permissions of a file

So, how about
$ man 2 fchmod

(...)

int fchmod(int fildes, mode_t mode);

(...)

Wolfgang Draxinger
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[Larry I Smith]

Hi, I'm working on a program in VC++ right now that needs to set file
permissions of a given file to 766 (read/write/execute). Now I've found
the _chmod() function in the API help docs, but that only caters for
read/write.

Is there ANY way of setting 766 to a file through C++ at all?

Many thanks.

Mike

VC++ and associated libs are MS Windows specific.

MS Windows does NOT support the 'execute' bit in _chmod()
because MS Windows determines whether or not a file
is executable based solely on the last extension of the
filename, e.g.

'stuff' is not executable
'stuff.exe' is executable
'stuff.bat' is executable
'stuff.cmd' is executable

Larry

 

[John Harrison]

Howard wrote:




You mean POSIX. Windows doesn't know numerical permissions, like
Unix.

@ the OP: It seems like you're developing in a *nix environment:

No, the leading underscore gives it away. This is a Windows function
partially emulating the well known Unix function.

To the OP, if you want to write Unix style programs in a Windows
environment consider cygwin (www.cygwin.com) otherwise ask in a Windows
newsgroup.

john

 

[Stewart]

Ah, right. thanks for your help.