Ron Fox
5/14/2008 9:06:00 AM
Yes, but I did get the arguments backwards.
File.chmod(0440, "/options.sav")
Works just fine on my windows box and does set the Readonly bit when
I look at the file later. The nice thing about good high level
languages, they abstract many differences in operating systems away
making it easier to write portable code.
Ron.
Albert Schlef wrote:
> Ron Fox wrote:
>> If you just want to prevent casual/accidental, rather than
>> determined modification, after you close the file:
>>
>>
>> File.chmod("/options.sav", 0440);
>
> Does 0440 work on windows too?
>
> (I think it's clear, when he meantions "notepad", and saves to the root
> folder, that he's using Windows.)