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Library: omfsys - file system utilities Include: omfsys.xin

Declaration

  define external function FS_ChangeOwner
                  value      stream  path
     owner        value      integer owner
     group        value      integer group
     status       modifiable stream  statusvalue

The omfsys library has been deprecated and will be removed from a future version of the language. Use omvfs instead.

This function allows you to change the ownership ID of a file or directory.

Input arguments:

• "path" -- the name of the file
• "owner" -- the new owner ID of the file
• "group" -- the new group ID of the file

Output argument:

• "statusvalue". This argument will contain either a zero length string if the function succeeds, or one of the following error codes:
  • "EACCES" -- no search permission on a component of the path name
  • "EINTR" -- a signal was caught during the function execution
  • "EIO" -- a file system I/O error occurred
  • "ELOOP" -- (UNIX only) link recursion was detected
  • "ENAMETOOLONG" -- the path name exceeds the system limits
  • "ENOENT" -- the specified path does not exist
  • "ENOLINK" -- (UNIX only) a required link to a remote machine is inactive
  • "ENOTDIR" -- the path name is not a valid directory
  • "EMULTIHOP" -- (UNIX only) remote machine access is required but not allowed
  • "EPERM" -- the user does not have the required permissions
  • "EROFS" -- the file resides on a read-only file system
  • "EINVAL" -- "group" or "owner" is out of range

Note that "newpath" must refer to a valid path name. Also, the user ID of the process must be the same as the file owner or the process must belong to the super-user.

Related Syntax    FS_ChangePermissions

Related Concepts    Security considerations

Other Library Functions    FS_ChangeDirectory    FS_ChangeOwner    FS_ChangePermissions    FS_DeleteDirectory    FS_DeleteFile    FS_GetCurrentDirectory    FS_IsVersionCompatible    FS_LibraryVersion    FS_Link    FS_ListDirectory    FS_MakeDirectory    FS_Rename

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