Re: chmod fails

chmod 755, $file_name or die "Can't chmod $old because: $!\n";

That's not octal.

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Re^2: chmod fails by wazat (Monk) on Aug 14, 2020 at 23:06 UTC
To futher hippo's reply 755 decimal is 1353 octal. In UNIX terms this corresponds to t-wxrw--wx. As you can see the owner won't have read permission.	[reply]
Re^2: chmod fails by Umdurman (Acolyte) on Aug 15, 2020 at 09:14 UTC
Sorry, forgot the leading 0, that I use it in all my code, 0777 for instance	[reply]