...and here's the diff, which I forgot to attach the first time. :P
On Jul 16, Matt Brubeck wrote:
> The attached patch makes GnuCash remember the original file permissions when
> available, and preserve them in the newly saved file.
Index: gnc-book.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/cvsroot/gnucash/src/engine/gnc-book.c,v
retrieving revision 1.41.2.1
diff -u -r1.41.2.1 gnc-book.c
--- src/engine/gnc-book.c 17 Jun 2001 07:34:45 -0000 1.41.2.1
+++ src/engine/gnc-book.c 16 Jul 2002 16:05:29 -0000
@@ -599,6 +599,8 @@
{
const gchar *datafile = gnc_book_get_file_path(book);
char *tmp_name;
+ struct stat statbuf;
+ int rc;
tmp_name = g_new(char, strlen(datafile) + 12);
strcpy(tmp_name, datafile);
@@ -621,6 +623,22 @@
if(gnc_book_write_to_xml_file_v2(book, tmp_name))
{
+ /* Record the file's permissions before unlinking it */
+ rc = stat(datafile, &statbuf);
+ if(rc == 0)
+ {
+ /* Use the permissions from the original data file */
+ if(chmod(tmp_name, statbuf.st_mode) != 0)
+ {
+ gnc_book_push_error(
+ book, ERR_BACKEND_MISC,
+ g_strdup_printf("unable to chmod filename %s: %s",
+ datafile ? datafile : "(null)",
+ strerror(errno) ? strerror(errno) : ""));
+ g_free(tmp_name);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
if(unlink(datafile) != 0 && errno != ENOENT)
{
gnc_book_push_error(
