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Sender: rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk
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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:03:04 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: fchmod, revision 4 [PATCH]
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Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

Hello.

Martin Stromberg wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> Richard said:
> > *** /dev/null Fri Feb 28 10:36:09 2003
> > --- src/libc/posix/sys/stat/fchmod.txh        Fri Feb 28 10:34:08 2003
> > + @subheading Description
> > +
> > + This function changes the mode (writable or write-only) of the file
> > + opened under the file descriptor @var{fd}.  The value of @var{mode}
> 
> Is it really called mode?

Yes. The parameter is "mode_t mode".

> I call it permissions.

So do I. But mode & permissions are interchangeable.

Bye, Rich =]

-- 
Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]

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