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PERL chmod Function
Syntax
Definition and Usage
Changes the mode of the files specified in LIST to the MODE specified. The value of
MODE should be in octal. You must check the return value against the number of files
that you attempted to change to determine whether the operation failed. This funcation call is equivalent to Unix Command chmod MODE FILELIST
Return Value
Example
$cnt = chmod 0755, 'foo', 'bar';
chmod 0755, @executables;
$mode = '0644'; chmod $mode, 'foo'; # !!! sets mode to
# --w----r-T
$mode = '0644'; chmod oct($mode), 'foo'; # this is better
$mode = 0644; chmod $mode, 'foo'; # this is best
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