Re: How to get the Read only status of files

Subject: Re: How to get the Read only status of files

From: "Tolu Fapohunda" <email@hidden>

Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:02:07 -0400

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Thanks for your help.

I tried access and it works for files on a CD ROM. If I set a folder's "Ownership & Permission" to "Read Only", access(path, W_OK) will return 0 - meaning that I have a write access, which is incorrect.

On 11/1/07, Jamison Hope <email@hidden> wrote:

man 2 access

On Nov 1, 2007, at 6:25 PM, Tolu Fapohunda wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I need to determine if a file is read only based on its attributes,
> the attributes of each parent folder(s), and on it volume on which
> it resides.  For example, a file on a CD should always be read
> only.  Is there an OS call to accomplish this?
>
> I am able to get the attributes of files and directories by
> themselves using PBGetCatalogInfoSync and PBHGetDirAccessSync
> respectively.  Currently, what I do is check the file, check each
> parent directory of the file, and then finally check the volume in
> which the file resides.   This is way too much and it seems like I
> am missing something here.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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References:
	>How to get the Read only status of files (From: "Tolu Fapohunda" <email@hidden>)
	>Re: How to get the Read only status of files (From: Jamison Hope <email@hidden>)