Re: changing a file's permissions

2006-10-08 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Max Erickson wrote: James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So my question is: how does one change a file's permissions inside of python? Assuming you want to operate on the output file: import os os.chmod(path, 755) Shouldn't that be os.chmod(path, 0755) ?

Re: changing a file's permissions

2006-10-02 Thread oscartheduck
This is an attribute of the file (an object in the filesystem) which is checked by the kernel before allowing the file to be executed. Python has nothing to do with this; if the attributes allow execution, you can execute it as a program; if not, you can't. I took this to heart and changed

Re: changing a file's permissions

2006-10-02 Thread Max Erickson
James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --=_Part_63041_761240.1159752399799 I'm writing a script in linux to excercise my python skills and have encountered a minor issue. Writing the script and creating an ouput file was simple enough and didn't take too long. However, I don't have permissions

changing a file's permissions

2006-10-01 Thread James
I'm writing a script in linux to excercise my python skills and have encountered a minor issue.Writing the script and creating an ouput file was simple enough and didn't take too long. However, I don't have permissions to execute the file by default. Now, I could simply chmod 755 the sucker and

Re: changing a file's permissions

2006-10-01 Thread Ben Finney
James [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm writing a script in linux to excercise my python skills and have encountered a minor issue. Writing the script and creating an ouput file was simple enough and didn't take too long. However, I don't have permissions to execute the file by default. This is