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From: "Conor MacNeill" <conor@ebinteractive.com.au>
To: <ant-user@jakarta.apache.org>
Subject: RE: how to preserve file permissions on <copy>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:53:58 +1100
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> From: Mia Takashima [mailto:m_takashima@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 14 December 2000 10:32
> To: ant-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: how to preserve file permissions on <copy>
>
>
> I'm using NetBSD, and when performing a copy with ant
> the executable bit is not preserved.
>
> I had to revert to the "cp -r" command.
> I do not want to apply the chmod command on all
> sub-directories, because some files do not need the
> 'x' bit.
>
> Is there another way to do it?
>

No, I do not believe there is. Java, and hence ant, does not provide a way
to know the file's permissions beyond simple tests such as canRead, canWrite
and isHidden. More detailed information is probably considered to be OS
specific.

Conor