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 WAA05896; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:20:15 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA06253 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:20:14 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from hirsch.in-berlin.de (hirsch.in-berlin.de [192.109.42.6]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3NKKDjq021048 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:20:13 +0200 X-Envelope-From: oliver@first.in-berlin.de X-Envelope-To: Received: from hirsch.in-berlin.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hirsch.in-berlin.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/Debian-3) with ESMTP id i3NKK1IS012403 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:20:10 +0200 Received: from first.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by hirsch.in-berlin.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/Debian-3) with UUCP id i3NKF3S7012018 for inria.fr!caml-list; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:15:03 +0200 Received: by first.in-berlin.de via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.114) Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:09:49 +0200 (CEST) From: oliver@first.in-berlin.de (Oliver Bandel) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:09:49 +0200 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: [oliver: Re: [Caml-list] Unix.chmod => what codes for what mode?!] Message-ID: <20040423200949.GD271@first.in-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Miltered: at nez-perce by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; oliver:01 in-berlin:01 oliver:01 bandel:01 caml-list:01 chmod:01 caml-list:01 chmod:01 2004:99 2004:99 bandel:01 755:99 755:99 ocaml:01 command:98 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk ----- Forwarded message from oliver ----- To: Richard Jones Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Unix.chmod => what codes for what mode?! On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 07:01:02PM +0100, Richard Jones wrote: > On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 07:16:34PM +0200, Oliver Bandel wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The Unix.chmod function is bad documented. > > > > Seems that I have to try out all possible values > > and check the results with the command line tools? > > > > > > Or is there any possibility to predict it's behaviour?! > > Almost certainly you're not using octal numbers right. The format > for octal numbers in OCaml is different from C, for example: > > Unix.chmod filename 0o755 > > would have the same effect as: > > % chmod 755 filename Would be nice if this litte more of explanation could be added to the reference Manual. This is a hint, which makes readability/understanding much more easy. Ciao, Oliver ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------- 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