HELP NEEDED: bash parsing of C return values

[Mr. C.]

You're welcome - glad you found it!

And the lesson leared??? ALWAYS examine return codes from ALL system calls, functions, and ALWAYS generate some form if diagnostic (syslog, print to STDERR, etc.). A permissions problem should be detected as soon as an open(2), stat(2), or whatever call fails.

Best of Luck!
MrC

[majoridiot]

agreed!

ironic, tho that permission checks i was performing, were being confused by the wrong user
doing the check!

lesson #2, always be aware of what "user" is actually executing each of your functions, etc.