According to "Erik E. Fair" (Timekeeper) <fair@clock.org> :
> the meta-data. Do it really right, and chmod(2) becomes chmod(3), a library
> interface to a more generalized file meta-data interface.
> 
Call it chprop(3), so as to avoid clashes, and I fail to see why it 
should not be done :-)
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Lucio de Re (lucio@proxima.alt.za)
Disclaimer: I'm working at getting my opinions to agree with me.