What? No Comments? Surely someone (besides me) must have an opinion :(
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Vernum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 26 February 2001 8:25 PM > To: 'ANT-dev' > Subject: [RFC] permissions filters on file/patternset > > > I need, and have a working prototype for, a file/patternset > that can filter based on file permissions. > > In my case, I want to jar up a directory, but there's a few > files I don't have read permission on. > Due to the nature of things, I don't care about them, but I'd > rather not have to explicitly name them in my excludes. > > I have hacked at DirectoryScanner and FileSet to add an > attribute that allows me to specify that a fileset should > only include readable files. > > Since I don't want to support a hacked version, I'd like to > get this into 1.4 > > So, a Request for Comments (RFC) on: > > * Will this get into 1.4 if I do it? > * Should it be on fileset/patternset/both [the > fileset/patternset thing annoys me] > * Should it be part of the FileScanner interface, or > only on DirectoryScanner > * What should the element be called - "permissions" > comes to mind. > * How should it be specified? (I'd go for "r" "rw" "w" "") > > Any comments would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
