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FCHOWNAT(2) Linux Programmer's Manual FCHOWNAT(2)
fchownat - change ownership of a file relative to a directory file descriptor
#include <fcntl.h> /* Definition of AT_* constants */
#include <unistd.h>
int fchownat(int dirfd, const char *pathname,
uid_t owner, gid_t group, int flags);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
fchownat():
Since glibc 2.10:
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
Before glibc 2.10:
_ATFILE_SOURCE
The fchownat() system call operates in exactly the same way as chown(2),
except for the differences described in this manual page.
If the pathname given in pathname is relative, then it is interpreted relative
to the directory referred to by the file descriptor dirfd (rather than
relative to the current working directory of the calling process, as is done
by chown(2) for a relative pathname).
If pathname is relative and dirfd is the special value AT_FDCWD, then pathname
is interpreted relative to the current working directory of the calling
process (like chown(2)).
If pathname is absolute, then dirfd is ignored.
flags can either be 0, or include the following flag:
AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
If pathname is a symbolic link, do not dereference it: instead operate
on the link itself, like lchown(2). (By default, fchownat()
dereferences symbolic links, like chown(2).)
On success, fchownat() returns 0. On error, -1 is returned and errno is set
to indicate the error.
The same errors that occur for chown(2) can also occur for fchownat(). The
following additional errors can occur for fchownat():
EBADF dirfd is not a valid file descriptor.
EINVAL Invalid flag specified in flags.
ENOTDIR
pathname is relative and dirfd is a file descriptor referring to a file
other than a directory.
fchownat() was added to Linux in kernel 2.6.16.
POSIX.1-2008. A similar system call exists on Solaris.
See openat(2) for an explanation of the need for fchownat().
chown(2), openat(2), path_resolution(7), symlink(7)
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at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
Linux 2009-12-13 FCHOWNAT(2)
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