Thanks,
But how do I check what the permissions of a file are?
Ian.
On 6/8/02 3:57 pm, "REALbasic Network Users Group"
<realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com> wrote:
> Subject: Re: Permissions
> From: "Christian Schmitz" <support at monkeybreadsoftware dot de>
> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:24:46 +0200
>
>> If my application has to deal with copying/backing up files then how do I
>> deal with file permissions under OSX?
>
> copy all files you can copy.
> Warn the user that some files can't be copied.
> Or run as root and copy every file, but preserve the permissions.
>
>> What permissions are required to simply copy a file
>
> Read permissions.
>
>> - what would cause the copy to fail?
>
> No read permissions.
>
> Mfg
> Christian
>
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