Tom,
You can use shell() to do an "ls -l" on the parent of the directory
you're looking for. Look at the first "column" of data (the access
modes) to determine if the directory is read only or not.
Here's a way to do it (in this example, I'm looking at a directory
called "Evaluate" on my desktop to see if it is read only):
on mouseUp
answer IsReadOnly("Evaluate")
end mouseUp
function IsReadOnly pWhat
-- Go to the home folder, then the Desktop
-- folder inside, then get a listing
put shell("cd ~;cd desktop;ls -l") into temp
put lineOffset(space & pWhat &cr,temp) into tLine
put char 2 to 10 of word 1 of tLine into tAccessModes
return ("w" is in tAccessModes)
end IsReadOnly
Hope this helps,
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
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> Subject: Determining if a Mac OS X directory is locked
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> Hi Folks,
> I am looking for a way to determine if a directory is locked before
> trying to save a movie or sound file to it.
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> Tom Speitel
> Curriculum Research & Development Group
> College of Education
> University of Hawaii
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