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"Mark J. Reed" <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:13:17 -0500
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6 is read+write.  7 is read+write+execute.  You could also use the
symbolic form "a+rw" (all plus read write).

The numbers are user, group, other, in that order, where each digit is
the sum of the granted permissions: 4 for read, 2 for write, and 1 for
execute.

On Wednesday, February 10, 2010, Stockly, Ed <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Shane, that did the trick.
>
> The UNIX guys getting the files said they preferred 666 to 777, and I'm not
> sure what the difference is, but it was easy enough to fix.
>
>
> ES
>
> set procfile to quoted form of POSIX path of procfile
> set permisionsShell to "chmod 666 " & procfile
> do shell script permisionsShell
>
>
>
> On 2/10/10 3:38 PM, "Shane Stanley"  wrote:
>
>> On 11/2/10 10:24 AM, "Ed Stockly" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a do shell script that can do this?
>>
>> Probably:
>>
>> do shell script "chmod 777 " & quoted form of POSIX path of ...
>>
>> For directories or packages where you want the whole contents changed:
>>
>> do shell script "chmod -R 777 " & quoted form of POSIX path of ...
>>
>

-- 
Mark J. Reed <[log in to unmask]>

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