Revamp lchown so that it lives in unistd.h where it belongs. * lib/lchown.h: Remove. * lib/dirchownmod.c: Don't include lib/lchown.h. * lib/fchownat.c: Likewise. * lib/openat.c: Likewise. * lib/lchown.c (REPLACE_CHOWN): Define to 0 if the system chown does not follow symlinks. (EOPNOTSUPP): Define if not defined. * lib/unistd_.h (chown): Do not replace if REPLADE_CHOWN is defined to 0. (lchown): New decl. * m4/lchown.m4 (gl_FUNC_LCHOWN): Require gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS. Do not check for lchown decl. Set REPLACE_LCHOWN. * m4/unistd_h.m4 (gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS): Set GNULIB_LCHOWN, REPLACE_LCHOWN. * modules/chown: Make it clear it follows symlinks. * modules/lchown: Make it clear it doesn't follow symlinks. (Files): Remove lib/lchown.h (Depends-on): Add unistd. (configure.ac): Add gl_UNISTD_MODULE_INDICATOR([lchown]). (Include): Include <unistd.h>, not "lchown.h". * modules/unistd (unistd.h): Substitude GNULIB_LCHOWN and REPLACE_LCHOWN.

Description:
lchown() function: change ownership of a file, without following symlinks.

Files:
lib/lchown.c
m4/lchown.m4

Depends-on:
chown
sys_stat
unistd

configure.ac:
gl_FUNC_LCHOWN
gl_UNISTD_MODULE_INDICATOR([lchown])

Makefile.am:

Include:
<unistd.h>

License:
GPL

Maintainer:
Jim Meyering