lawardy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new user of ant. I am trying to set up a folder and need to set up
> certain permission on it (read, write and execute permission)Is it possible
> to do with ant?
>
> Any idea of how to do that.


1. this is the kind of question for the ant users list

2. Windows? it doesnt have that usable a permissions model. You need to
edit ACLs, which you can do by <exec>-ing CACLS:


>cacls /?
Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files

CACLS filename [/T] [/E] [/C] [/G user:perm] [/R user [...]]
          [/P user:perm [...]] [/D user [...]]
  filename    Displays ACLs.
  /T        Changes ACLs of specified files in
           the current directory and all subdirectories.
  /E        Edit ACL instead of replacing it.
  /C        Continue on access denied errors.
  /G user:perm Grant specified user access rights.
           Perm can be: R Read
                    W Write
                    C Change (write)
                    F Full control
  /R user     Revoke specified user's access rights (only valid with
/E).
  /P user:perm Replace specified user's access rights.
           Perm can be: N None
                    R Read
                    W Write
                    C Change (write)
                    F Full control
  /D user     Deny specified user access.
Wildcards can be used to specify more that one file in a command.
You can specify more than one user in a command.

Abbreviations:
  CI - Container Inherit.
     The ACE will be inherited by directories.
  OI - Object Inherit.
     The ACE will be inherited by files.
  IO - Inherit Only.
     The ACE does not apply to the current file/directory.

I would advise you avoid it unless you know what you are going. To
create zip/tar files with permissions, use <zipfileset> and <tarfileset>
filesets with explicitly listed permssions.

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Steve Loughran            http://www.1060.org/blogxter/publish/5
Author: Ant in Action       http://antbook.org/

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