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/mnt/sdcard This will help you out On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 6:55 AM, john brown <[email protected]>wrote: > I got a command prompt via c:\Program Files\Android-SDK\tools> adb > shell > > # ls -l /sdcard/Android/data/lms > ----rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 63 2010-07-19 15:17 > mpReadAbDdx201006.txt > ----rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 45211 2010-07-19 15:17 > mpTranAbDdx201006.txt > > The way I read this is that the owner's rights are ---, group is rwx, > others is r-x. I'm just guessing, the application is others? > But I cannot get chmod to change the attributes, i.e.: > > # chmode o-rwx /sdcard/Android/data/lms/mpReadAbDdx201006.txt > Bad mode > > Where can I find documentation to the Android linux (?) commands? (I > mean the command line commands) > > Thanks, John > > On Aug 6, 6:12 pm, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds like you forgot to insert the write ring. (Oops! Wrong > > technology!) > > > > Is the file write-protected maybe? > > > > On Aug 6, 5:13 pm, john brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I am using Android 2.1 update 1, API level 7, Eclipse, and HVGA skin. > > > > > When the AVD is running, I check settings > sdcard total 49.21MB, > > > available 49.07MB. > > > > > Programatically checking Environment.getExternalStorageState() equals > > > MEDIA_MOUNTED which I think means that the sdcard is available and > > > writeable. > > > > > I use getExternalStorageDirectory() to establish the sdcard root > > > directory. > > > > > I copied the files on the sdcard with adb push source destination. > > > > > I am able to successfully read other files in that directory. > > > > > code to write to file: > > > //***************************************** > > > > > File fFile = new File(pathFile); > > > if (fFile.exists()){ ... // returns true > > > if (fFile.canRead()){ ... // returns true > > > if (fFile.canWrite()){ ... // returns false > > > > > try{ > > > FileWriter Fw = new FileWriter(fFile, true); > > > BufferedWriter Bw = new BufferedWriter(Fw); > > > PrintWriter outPw = new PrintWriter(Bw, true); > > > outPw.println(strRec); > > > outPw.close();} > > > > > catch(IOException ex){ > > > System.out.println("IO Error - " + ex.toString()); > > > System.exit(0); > > > > > } > > > > > //************************************ > > > System.out shows: > > > IO Error - java.io.FileNotFoundException > > > > > but we know the file is there from the preceding checks: > > > if (fFile.exists()){ ... // returns true > > > if (fFile.canRead()){ ... // returns true > > > > > What do I need to do to make the file writable? > > > Or > > > I want to write to the file. What am I doing wrong? > > > > > Thanks, John Brown- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
