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[peterve]

Hi,

I want to read file and folder properties (name, timestamp, acl (rwx), ...) from within a c application, on linux.
Additionally, I want to be able to change the acl (rwx) on files/folders from within c.

where/how do I start ?
Can someone point me to some resources on this topic ?

thanks

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[TrojanWarBlade]

Try looking at the man page for "stat".


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[peterve]

how can I do from within c ? I don't want to launch an external application

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[Salem]

[tt]$ man 1 stat
$ man 2 stat[/tt]
The first one gets you a command line program
The second one is the system call you can call directly from your C program.

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[sedj]

I don't have the programmers section of stat, but here is a link to it :

http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man2/stat.2.html

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[DaveSinkula]

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/smartfaq.cgi?answer=1047077601&id=1045780608