Berger, Daniel
2/7/2006 8:13:00 PM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris [mailto:chris.dagnon@isthmusgroup.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:49 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: How to check NTFS file permissions?
>
>
> This problem comes up because WinXP keeps putting it's
> 'System Volume Information' directories on each partition.
> In this case, I think the FS was created by an earlier
> incarnation of the machine I'm on.
>
> However it is marked Read Only, and there doesn't seem to be
> any way to change it. Properties window says it is Read only
> (with a square, not a
> checkmark) and Hidden, and it lets me think I'm changing it,
> even asks if I want to change all subordinates, but never
> changes it. That's an OT, but I'd be happy to hear a solution to it.
I'm not sure what you mean by "with a square, not a checkmark". It's
either read only or it's not.
> The problem I'm having is that File.readable? and
> File.executable? both give me true for that directory, but if
> I try Dir.chdir into it, it throws an exception.
>
> Is there a check I can do, or is my only option: rescue
> Errno::EACCES?
Perhaps win32-file could help you.
Regards,
Dan