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NAME

Meta::Utils::File::Prop - library to help you chmod files and test file properties.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

DETAILS

        MANIFEST: Prop.pm
        PROJECT: meta
        VERSION: 0.31

SYNOPSIS

        package foo;
        use Meta::Utils::File::Prop qw();
        Meta::Utils::File::Prop::chmod_r($file);

DESCRIPTION

This module eases setting permissions on files. This module provides method to: 1. change ownerships on files. 2. change read/write/execute permissions on files. 3. get various pieces of info on the file using the stat function. and other things.

FUNCTIONS

        chown($$$)
        chown_curr($)
        chmod_r($)
        chmod_x($)
        chmod_agw($)
        chmod_rgw($)
        same_mode($$)
        stat($)
        size($)
        mode($)
        is_r($)
        TEST($)

FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

chown($$$)

This functions receives a uid and a gid and changes a certain files owner to that uid and gid. The function dies if it cannot do so.

chown_curr($)

Changes the owner id and group id of a certain file to the current group id and owner id.

chmod_r($)

This function makes a file read only (receives only one file as argument).

chmod_x($)

This function make a file executable too (receives only one file as argument).

chmod_agw($)

This functions adds a g+w permission to a file or a directory.

chmod_rgw($)

This function adds a g-w permission to a file or a directory.

same_mode($$)

This function gets two file names and makes the mode of the second be like the first.

stat($)

This method will stat the file and return the stat structure.

size($)

This method returns the size of the file given.

mode($)

This functions returns the current mode of a file. The function dies if it cannot stat the file (which means the file does not exist...).

is_r($)

This function tests whether a file is indeed read only.

TEST($)

Test suite for this module.

SUPER CLASSES

None.

BUGS

None.

AUTHOR

        Name: Mark Veltzer
        Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
        WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
        CPAN id: VELTZER

HISTORY

        0.00 MV initial code brought in
        0.01 MV make quality checks on perl code
        0.02 MV more perl checks
        0.03 MV make Meta::Utils::Opts object oriented
        0.04 MV check that all uses have qw
        0.05 MV fix todo items look in pod documentation
        0.06 MV more on tests/more checks to perl
        0.07 MV correct die usage
        0.08 MV Java compilation
        0.09 MV perl code quality
        0.10 MV more perl quality
        0.11 MV more perl quality
        0.12 MV perl documentation
        0.13 MV more perl quality
        0.14 MV perl qulity code
        0.15 MV more perl code quality
        0.16 MV revision change
        0.17 MV languages.pl test online
        0.18 MV perl packaging
        0.19 MV xml
        0.20 MV md5 project
        0.21 MV database
        0.22 MV perl module versions in files
        0.23 MV movies and small fixes
        0.24 MV thumbnail user interface
        0.25 MV import tests
        0.26 MV more thumbnail issues
        0.27 MV website construction
        0.28 MV web site automation
        0.29 MV SEE ALSO section fix
        0.30 MV web site development
        0.31 MV md5 issues

SEE ALSO

Error(3), File::stat(3), Meta::Utils::Output(3), Meta::Utils::Utils(3), strict(3)

TODO

-do a lot more functions here.

-fix the is_r function which actualy tests for absolute premission which is not what it is intended to do.

-add a function to test for absolute permissions as this is needed by baseline checking routines.