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Lchown(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					       Lchown(3pm)

NAME
       Lchown - use the lchown(2) system call from Perl

SYNOPSIS
	 use Lchown;

	 lchown $uid, $gid, 'foo' or die "lchown: $!";

	 my $count = lchown $uid, $gid, @filenames;

	 # or

	 use Lchown qw(lchown LCHOWN_AVAILABLE);

	 warn "this system lacks the lchown system call
" unless LCHOWN_AVAILABLE;

	 ...

	 # or

	 use Lchown ();

	 warn "this won't work
" unless Lchown::LCHOWN_AVAILABLE;
	 Lchown::lchown $uid, $gid, 'foo' or die "lchown: $!";

DESCRIPTION
       Provides a perl interface to the "lchown()" system call, on platforms that support it.

DEFAULT EXPORTS
       The following symbols are exported be default:

       lchown (LIST)
	   Like the "chown" builtin, but using the "lchown()" system call so that symlinks will not be followed.  Returns the number of files
	   successfully changed.

	   On systems without the "lchown()" system call, "lchown" always returns "undef" and sets "errno" to "ENOSYS" (Function not implemented).

ADDITIONAL EXPORTS
       The following symbols are available for export but are not exported by default:

       LCHOWN_AVAILABLE ()
	   Returns true on platforms with the "lchown()" system call, and false on platforms without.

SEE ALSO
       "chown" in perlfunc, lchown(2)

AUTHOR
       Nick Cleaton <nick@cleaton.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       Copyright 2003-2009 Nick Cleaton, all rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2011-11-15							       Lchown(3pm)