Well these are his exact words: " BUT I can actually create files in that folder using ES file explorer or by copying files to it. I cannot however, rename or delete them. "
So he's not saying he was using ES to copy the files, but he was using ES to create files in there. Not sure what that means. On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:42:14 PM UTC+8, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: > > Your user is very clever, because I get a message saying "Copying failed" > when trying to copy to this second memory card with ES on my S. > > There is a built-in app that lets you transfer files to and from this > memory card, and that's it. > > As far as rights go, here is what I see. Note the different owners. This > is 4.0.3. > > >>> > kman@ivy:~$ adb shell ls -l /mnt > drwxr-xr-x root system 2012-08-14 11:23 asec > drwxr-xr-x root system 2012-08-14 11:23 obb > d---rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 1970-01-01 04:00 sdcard > d---rwxr-x system media_rw 1970-01-01 04:00 sdcard2 > drwx------ root root 2012-08-14 11:23 secure > d--------- system system 2012-08-14 11:23 usbdisk1 > d--------- system system 2012-08-14 11:23 usbdisk2 > d--------- system system 2012-08-14 11:23 usbdisk3 > d--------- system system 2012-08-14 11:23 usbdisk4 > d--------- system system 2012-08-14 11:23 usbdisk5 > d--------- system system 2012-08-14 11:23 usbdisk6 > d--------- system system 2012-08-14 11:23 usbdisk7 > d--------- system system 2012-08-14 11:23 usbdisk8 > <<< > > >>> > kman@ivy:~$ adb shell ls -l /mnt/sdcard > d---rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2011-09-27 11:05 Alarms > d---rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2011-08-17 07:40 Android > <<< > > >>> > kman@ivy:~$ adb shell ls -l /mnt/sdcard2 > d---rwxr-x system media_rw 2012-02-06 19:30 LOST.DIR > d---rwxr-x system media_rw 2012-04-25 18:01 transferred > <<< > > -- K > > 2012/8/14 Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected] <javascript:>> > >> I know this is probably not the best place to ask, but I cannot think of >> a better one. >> >> The Sony Tablet S uses an "external" storage, which is actually internal. >> It's real SD card is on some other path. My app allows the user to >> configure their folders using a full path name. My user has done this >> giving it the full path to a folder on the SD card. >> >> My app does a sanity check on the folder to make sure it's ok -- one of >> the checks done is to call File.canWrite(). This fails on this folder and >> I display an error message. >> >> But, the user claims that using ES File Explorer, he can actually >> create/copy a file in this folder, but cannot delete it or rename it. >> Looking at the folder permissions, w is not set, so canWrite() returns the >> correct value according to the permission set on the folder. >> >> Can anyone have any ideas what's going on here? How can a file created >> in a folder, but then not be able to modify it? >> >> -- >> 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]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> 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

