06-25-2012
Apply file permission
Hi All,
I would like to read the permission from a file and wanted to apply the same permission to another file.
say for example,
f1 755
first...i have to read the permission type (which is differ for each file) and need to apply the same for f2
a1 666
i have to get this one and need to apply for a2 as below.
a2 666
i don't want to hardcode the file permission in my script.
my requirement is
i have to read a file and store its permission type in a variable and then i need to use it for another file.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
stat
stat.h(3HEAD) Headers stat.h(3HEAD)
NAME
stat.h, stat - data returned by stat system call
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
DESCRIPTION
The system calls stat, lstat and fstat return data in a stat structure, which is defined in <stat.h>.
The constants used in the st_mode field are also defined in this file:
#define S_IFMT /* type of file */
#define S_IAMB /* access mode bits */
#define S_IFIFO /* fifo */
#define S_IFCHR /* character special */
#define S_IFDIR /* directory */
#define S_IFNAM /* XENIX special named file */
#define S_INSEM /* XENIX semaphore subtype of IFNAM */
#define S_INSHD /* XENIX shared data subtype of IFNAM */
#define S_IFBLK /* block special */
#define S_IFREG /* regular */
#define S_IFLNK /* symbolic link */
#define S_IFSOCK /* socket */
#define S_IFDOOR /* door */
#define S_ISUID /* set user id on execution */
#define S_ISGID /* set group id on execution */
#define S_ISVTX /* save swapped text even after use */
#define S_IREAD /* read permission, owner */
#define S_IWRITE /* write permission, owner */
#define S_IEXEC /* execute/search permission, owner */
#define S_ENFMT /* record locking enforcement flag */
#define S_IRWXU /* read, write, execute: owner */
#define S_IRUSR /* read permission: owner */
#define S_IWUSR /* write permission: owner */
#define S_IXUSR /* execute permission: owner */
#define S_IRWXG /* read, write, execute: group */
#define S_IRGRP /* read permission: group */
#define S_IWGRP /* write permission: group */
#define S_IXGRP /* execute permission: group */
#define S_IRWXO /* read, write, execute: other */
#define S_IROTH /* read permission: other */
#define S_IWOTH /* write permission: other */
#define S_IXOTH /* execute permission: other */
The following macros are for POSIX conformance (see standards(5)):
#define S_ISBLK(mode) block special file
#define S_ISCHR(mode) character special file
#define S_ISDIR(mode) directory file
#define S_ISFIFO(mode) pipe or fifo file
#define S_ISREG(mode) regular file
#define S_ISSOCK(mode) socket file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
stat(2), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)
SunOS 5.11 30 Aug 2002 stat.h(3HEAD)