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(jcwren ) Re: (4) Changing owner of files: Windows vs Linuxby jcwren (Prior) |
on Apr 07, 2001 at 03:07 UTC ( [id://70645]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I agree with mothra completely, and would like to point out that the Windows access control mechanism is far more sophisticated than *nixs. While the *nix security model is adequate for the large majority of *nix users, it does not support a single entity security model well at all. If it was as extensive as what Windows offers, you can bet it would take far more than a single chmod/chown/stat call to do the job. While man pages in *nix are good, it's hard to beat the MSDN for content. It may not explain *how* to use something every time, but there are good examples, and most every published call, if not all, are listed. Want a bad *nix example of a man page? ioctl(). One of the things that really hacks me off about people that bitch about Windows (in particular) is that they raise hell when a function does everything for them ("I've got no control, because this one function does it *all*"), then when you give them discrete control, it's "Damn, I have to do all these steps myself? Why isn't this one function?". Basically, unless these people like Windows (and count me in that camp, as well as being a happy Linux user), they'll find something to complain about. Get over it. Shaddup and write some code. Oh yea, and the reason *Perl* does everything for you, is because it's buried in XS calls, or other peoples modules. Perl only makes it *look* simple. And poor Larry and crew are who you should be thanking for that ease. 'C' was never, ever designed to abstract the user that far from the functionality. --Chris
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