On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Tom Lister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I notice that files are losing the 'read-only' property in the > process Is there a way to copy and preserve the file properties
No. Java provides no API to query the permissions of a file (except for File.canRead and File.canWrite which may return false for several reasons) - therefore Ant doesn't know them and couldn't restore them, even if Java provided an API to set the permissions. > I want to avoid using chmod as the target directories will contain a > mix of libary source and work in progress Bad luck - better put together some smart patterns then. Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
