site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acb+Cs0NC5diJGn+EduNFgAWy6NyrA== Thread-topic: cp creates directory with different permissions -- then reverts them User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.5.060620 on 06/10/31 5:40, Quinn at eskimo1@apple.com wrote:

At 13:50 -0500 30/10/06, Michael Cashwell wrote:

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One approach I've seen for this is to do the scribbling (writing, copying, changing of permissions, etc.) somewhere hidden on the same file system and then when that's finished move the item to the Finder-visible location.

In general, this is the best approach.

This also looks very easy: Since items with names beginning in the dot "." are hidden, simply prefix the item's name with a "." while you are scribbling, and then when you're done scribbling, rename it, removing the "." prefix. Should that do it, or am I oversimplifying? Jerry _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com