Permission & SpecialFolder

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Hi,
I need to know how to use permissions command.

I want to do chmod to a shell file in linux into 777.
there is no example found on the xojo example project folder.

and I am also tried to create a file in linux home folder using specialfolder.home with no luck.

dim f as new folderitem
dim TextOut as textoutputstream
f=SpecialFolder.Home.Child("wa.sh")
if f.Exists then
f.Delete
TextOut = f.CreateTextFile
TextOut.Writeline s
TextOut.Close
end if

any help ?

thanks
Arief

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f.Permissions = &o777

https://documentation.xojo.com/api/files/folderitem.html.Permissions

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You’re only creating the file if it already exists. If the file doesn’t exist, the code in your IF condition won’t execute and you’ll never create the file. Try

dim f as new folderitem
dim TextOut as textoutputstream
f=SpecialFolder.Home.Child("wa.sh")
if f.Exists then f.Delete
TextOut = f.CreateTextFile
TextOut.Writeline s
TextOut.Close
4

yes, I missed that one.

thanks for the help

Regards,
Arief