From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id XAA02109; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:01:23 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA02167 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:01:22 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from swordfish ([216.241.35.41]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h58L1LH27623 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 23:01:21 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from matt by swordfish with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19P7I1-0001hU-00 for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2003 15:01:21 -0600 Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 15:01:21 -0600 From: Matt Gushee To: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] Unix file permissions bug? Message-ID: <20030608210121.GA5804@swordfish> Reply-To: Matt Gushee Mail-Followup-To: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Spam: no; 0.00; gushee:01 mgushee:01 havenrock:01 permissions:01 bug:01 everyone--:01 bash-:01 2.05:01 3.06:01 chmod:01 755:99 englewood:01 manure:01 ignores:01 --lao:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Hello, everyone-- I am trying to work with some functions in the Unix module that involve file permissions, and getting some very surprising results: bash-2.05a$ cd /var/tmp bash-2.05a$ touch test1 test2 test3 bash-2.05a$ ocaml unix.cma Objective Caml version 3.06 # Unix.chmod "test1" 755;; - : unit = () # Unix.chmod "test2" 644;; - : unit = () # Unix.chmod "test3" 400;; - : unit = () # bash-2.05a$ ls -l test? --wxrw--wt 1 matt users 0 Jun 8 14:52 test1 --w----r-T 1 matt users 0 Jun 8 14:52 test2 -rw--w---- 1 matt users 0 Jun 8 14:52 test3 I am running OCaml 3.06 on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (glibc 2.2.5). I built OCaml from source, but I get the same results on two machines with similar but not identical systems. Does anyone know why this is happening? -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee@havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.) ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners