Hi Mark, thanks for your answer. I am not sure how i can set that flag for Linux under Mac OS X.
Using a "ls -al" on Mac OS X i can see that it has already the executable flag set. But when i compress it with tar and move it to Linux and untar it, then flag is not set anymore. Regards, Matthias Am 05.09.2013 um 15:18 schrieb Mark Schonewille <m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com>: > Hi Matthias, > > You should be able to set the executable bit for a linux executable on Mac OS > X and preserve it with tar. Any standard tar cli utility will honor the > permissions when unpacking the file. There is no need to move it to a Linux > box first. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other colour > spaces. http://www.color-converter.com > > Buy my new book "Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner" > http://qery.us/3fi > > Fill out this survey please > http://livecodebeginner.economy-x-talk.com/survey/ > > On 9/5/2013 13:38, Matthias Rebbe wrote: >> Hi, >> >> i am no Linux expert, although i started my career in the 80s in a company >> where we worked exclusively on Xenix and Unix. But that´s a long time ago. >> So please excuse my question if it sounds dumbly. >> >> I´ve created a Linux app on MacOSX. To get this app to run under Linux the >> customer has to set the "executable" flag for that app. >> I want to create a tar or tar.gz of that file with that flag already set. >> What steps are needed? Is it sufficient if i >> set the flag on a Linux machine for that app and create a tar or tar.gz on >> that machine of that app? >> >> Or is it mandatory to set that flag on the customer machine? >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthias > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
