On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 14:08, Steve Loughran wrote: > the big issue is we want <chmod> to be a no-op if it aint supported > underneath, right? > > So how about we always exec it and silently catch the excepto if it aint > found; the recent-ish mods in exec to not fail if the exec wont start should > do the trick. > > The risk is that some platform has chmod do something wierd, or re-interpret > the parameters differently.
Just because chmod exists in the path does not mean that It is the desired command. I may have cygwin installed, but I need to toggle the system flag. Chmod can't handle this attribute so I would want to have attrib.exe as the command. -- Jesse Stockall | Tel: 1+ 613.599.2441 ext. 243 CRYPTOCard Corporation | Fax: 1+ 613.599.2442 Suite 304, 300 March Rd. | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ottawa, ON, Canada K2K 2E2 | web: www.cryptocard.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
