Directory.hasWriteAccess()

[Lindon]

hmm, I must be doing it wrong I think...

so I say this:

readCheck = FileSystem.fromAbsolutePath(FilePathValue.get("text"));

Console.print("is a directory:" + readCheck.isDirectory());
Console.print("read only is returning:" + readCheck.hasWriteAccess());

Which returns a directory, but it says its writable...when I've set the directory up to be read-only

what am I doing wrong?

[David Healey]

@Lindon said in Directory.hasWriteAccess():

Which returns a directory,

Is it returning the correct directory?

@Lindon said in Directory.hasWriteAccess():

I've set the directory up to be read-only

Which OS? How did you set the permission?

[Lindon]

@David-Healey said in Directory.hasWriteAccess():

@Lindon said in Directory.hasWriteAccess():

Which returns a directory,

Is it returning the correct directory?

yes - I have set up a folder called ReadOnly on my D drive so it tells me this:

here's the Console, output:

Interface: location:D:\AudioContent\ReadOnly
Interface: clicked:D:\AudioContent\ReadOnly
Interface: is a directory:1
Interface: is a file:0
Interface: is the full path:D:\AudioContent\ReadOnly
Interface: read only is returning:1

@Lindon said in Directory.hasWriteAccess():

I've set the directory up to be read-only

Which OS? How did you set the permission?

Windows, setting permissions with the Properties/Security dialog

[David Healey]

@Lindon I shall test and report back

Did you also deny write permission for Users?

[Lindon]

@David-Healey I denied access for every group, and when I try to use the File Explorer to create a sub-folder I get this (correctly):

[David Healey]

@Lindon Same result here, looking for a solution now.

[Lindon]

@David-Healey okey-dokey...

[David Healey]

@Lindon So the JUCE function hasWriteAccess is only checking for the Read-only folder flag in the general tab, it completely ignores the ACL permissions.

And this flag seems to only affect files and sub-folders not the folder itself.

I'll ask Claude if there's an easy fix.

[Lindon]

@David-Healey well my work around might be;

to write a file to the folder - and if it fails then its not writable...

readCheck = FileSystem.fromAbsolutePath(FilePathValue.get("text")+ "\\test.txt");
testResult = readCheck.writeString("sample folder");
Console.print("and test result is = " + testResult);

[Lindon]

@Lindon yeah that works _ and Im guessing it works for all occasions...its a cludge but it works..

[David Healey]

@Lindon Claude came back with this, I haven't tested it.

[Lindon]

@David-Healey yeah that seems more comprehensive, its more or less doing under the hood what Im doing in HISEScript... so both approaches have the advantage of getting a result back for the plugin itself (no matter how the user has set up to run it..)

Thanks for looking and confirming what I'd found.