Re: Change the directory permissions in Java

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From: Joi Ellis [TeamB]
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 13:59

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Torsten Welches <torsten.welches@who.cares.netcologne.de> wrote:

> no, java.io.FilePermission will not change the *OS's* directory 
> permissions, which is what Dillan was looking for. 
> Rather FilePermission controls the VM classes' access to a
> file or directory (SecurityManager).

Bummer!  I skimmed through the JavaDoc and didn't see that distinction.
> AFAIK there is no way to do this with stock-Java. 

In that case, I'd revert to something like:
  Runtime.exec("/bin/chmod --reference=../$dir $dir");

I'm ignoring the obvious need to check the platform OS before attempting it,
of course.

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