Drive permissions

f1nn · 30th April 2007, 13:52

Hi
What I am wondering is there a way of finding out what permissions are on the drive that an application is being installed to

kichik · 30th April 2007, 18:17

What kind of permissions are you talking about? You can change file permissions using the AccessControl plug-in, but I don't know of any plug-in that queries the granted permissions. Any special reason you'd like to query the permissions before setting them? Or do you want just to query?

f1nn · 1st May 2007, 08:35

Thanks for the reply Kichik, The reason for the query was to check if the drive that has been choosen for the application to install to is writable before trying to install, I have got around it by creating a directory on the drive and then checking if it exists if it does then the drive must be writable if not then the drive is not writable. and the installer can exit proberly.

30th April 2007, 13:52	#1
f1nn Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: IRELAND Posts: 37	Drive permissions Hi What I am wondering is there a way of finding out what permissions are on the drive that an application is being installed to

30th April 2007, 18:17	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,338	What kind of permissions are you talking about? You can change file permissions using the AccessControl plug-in, but I don't know of any plug-in that queries the granted permissions. Any special reason you'd like to query the permissions before setting them? Or do you want just to query? NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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1st May 2007, 08:35	#3
f1nn Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: IRELAND Posts: 37	Thanks for the reply Kichik, The reason for the query was to check if the drive that has been choosen for the application to install to is writable before trying to install, I have got around it by creating a directory on the drive and then checking if it exists if it does then the drive must be writable if not then the drive is not writable. and the installer can exit proberly.