Re: How to set Permissions on New File

From: Anthony Borla (ajborla_at_bigpond.com)
Date: 10/28/03 

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:22:04 GMT

Hal,

"Hal Vaughan" <hal@thresholddigital.com> wrote in message
news:FLvnb.38539$ao4.82577@attbi_s51...
> Thanks! It helps a lot.
>

A pleasure :) !

>
> I was looking at using native commands, since I couldn't
> find anything else. For me, that is a last resort, since it means
> writing a special implementation for each OS the installer works
> on, and I was hoping to keep it as multi-platform as possible
> (part of the reason I'm using Java). At least using chmod will
> work for most OSs out there and I have a book on
> Windows scripting to take care of that.
>

Application installation [as opposed to applet installation] is inherently
operating-system specific [just look at all those .tar and .zip files out
there in cyberspace !]. It certainly pays to be familiar with all the
installation-related utilities, and scripting facilities offered by the
target platforms.

>
> You also provide a lot of useful and clear information.Your
> comments are a big help and greatly appreciated.
>

My belief is to try [where possible, and, of course, relavant] to explain
general principles in forum responses. After all, answers to very-specific
questions can easily be obtained from text books and manuals [not to mention
Google searches :) !].

Cheers,

Anthony Borla