Jacque: By "done in the terminal" does that mean it can't be done by shell() ?
On 20 May 2010 11:39, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > Peter Alcibiades wrote: > >> Dioes the Finder have the ability to get and set properties, ie >> permissions? The usual thing to do in Linux, very similar base, would be to >> tell the user >> to right click in a file manager, ie in the Mac case the Finder, get >> properties, and change the permissions to executable. You wouldn't >> normally >> need to ask them to do that in the terminal. Haven't used Macs for quite >> a >> while, so maybe it doesn't work like this. >> > > The Finder can set user permissions for the user, group, and everyone. But > it doesn't have an interface for the executable bit, that has to be done in > Terminal. Perhaps Apple didn't think the executable bit should be messed > with by the peons -- probably wise, considering the computer savvy of the > general population. > > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- ------------------------- Stephen Barncard Back home in SF _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
