I have put an answer in the SO question. In a nutshell, don't put them in the cache dir. Use openFileOutput() and set MODE_WORLD_READABLE.
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a question over at StackOverflow that's been sitting there for > over a month, and wondered if maybe someone here (or a Googlite) could > answer it. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5149739/android-problem-setting-file-permissions-when-filename-has-a-space > > I have an app where I store .png images in the app's cache directory, > and as I am sharing these files via messaging, etc, I need to make the > files readable temporarily by everyone (i.e. chmod 755). > > As suggested in another thread, I am running Runtime.getRuntime.exec() > to do this: > > Runtime.getRuntime().exec("setperm chmod 755 /path/to/filename.png"); > > This works fine, and as I am filtering / and \, any name works... > except a name with a space, unsurpisingly. This fails: > > Runtime.getRuntime().exec("setperm chmod 755 /path/to/file name.png"); > > So, coming from linux, I try wrapping the file path in quotes, which > works on linux, but still fails to change the file perms on Android: > > Runtime.getRuntime().exec("setperm chmod 755 \"/path/to/file name.png > \""); > or > Runtime.getRuntime().exec("setperm chmod 755 '/path/to/file > name.png'"); > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Paul > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android 3.0 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
