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Subject: fvwm24_convert with read-only source
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 22:11:39 -0600
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Subject: fvwm24_convert with read-only source
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 22:11:39 -0600
Full_Name: Mark Nejedlo
Version: 2.4.3
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Submission from: (NULL) (144.92.164.201)
If the source file given to fvwm24_convert is read only, the failure
message
is rather cryptic. The patch below tests if the destination is writeable
and gives a more helpful error message.
--- /s/fvwm-2.4.3/bin/fvwm24_convert Wed Nov 7 20:31:56 2001
+++ tmp/fvwm24_convert Wed Nov 7 22:06:42 2001
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@
system "cp -p $source $dest 2>/dev/null"; # try to preserve permissions
system "cp -p $source $dest2 2>/dev/null"; # try to preserve permissions
+unless (-w $dest) {
+ die "Unable to write destination file $dest.\n$dest copies permissions
of $source, please make $source writeable.\n";
+}
+
+unless (-w $dest2) {
+ die "Unable to write intermediate file $dest2.\n$dest2 copies
permissions of $source, please make $source writeable.\n";
+}
+
$[ = 1; # set array base to 1
$, = ' '; # set output field separator
$\ = "\n"; # set output record separator
--
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