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+/* provide consistent interface to chown for systems that don't interpret
+   an ID of -1 as meaning `don't change the corresponding ID'.
+   Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* written by Jim Meyering */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+/* FIXME.  */
+
+int
+chown (file, gid, uid)
+     const char *file;
+     gid_t git;
+     uid_t uit;
+{
+  if (gid == (gid_t) -1 || uid == (uid_t) -1)
+    {
+      /* Stat file to get id(s) that will remain unchanged.  */
+      FIXME
+    }
+
+#undef chown
+
+  return chown (file, gid, uid);
+}