Re: Regrading Tweaking chmod binary

[Reuti]

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Hi,

Am 28.01.2017 um 09:37 schrieb Rohit Sehgal:

> Hi,
> 
> I am a post graduate student at IIT Kanpur. I am currently working to build a 
> android system that is capable of changing permissions of any file. I am 
> clear with all sort of stuff that i will be doing after changing permissions, 
> but currently I am stucked at place, where i want to tweak chmod.c file so 
> that it could any file permission. I tried reading the code at coreutils git 
> repo, but very much unclear about it.
> Can any one help me changing that chmod.c code such a way that if i input any 
> file to utility then the permissions are changed accordingly.

You mean something like the option:

       --reference=RFILE
              use RFILE's mode instead of MODE values

to copy its mode values?

- -- Reuti


> Lastly i want to build this system for android's chmod. I request you to 
> please help in doing this as it will be a great help to my thesis work. Or 
> lead me to a proper path.
> 
> Regards,
> Rohit Sehgal,
> Masters Student IIT Kanpur
> 

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