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From: tedd Date: Wed May 7 14:11:12 2008 Subject: Re: How to determine if file is writable and deletable
At 11:16 AM -0400 5/7/08, Al wrote: >I need to determine if a file is truly deletable by a php script, >Deleting permissions seem to be the same as writing, they probably >have the same criteria. > >is_writable() seems to virtually useless in most cases. It doesn't >take into account the directory ownership/permissions; which, best I >can tell, is the real determining factor. > >I've resorted to having to determine the directory's ownership and >then compare the directory's rights with the owner's and then the >other ['world']. > >E.g., Assume my script was loaded with ftp, so it's ownership is the >site-name, and I want the scrip to be able to determine if it can >delete a file. Thus, the file in question must have its "other" >permissions include write. > >Surely, there must be an easier way. > >Thanks, Al........ Perhaps touch might help. http://nl.php.net/manual/en/function.touch.php Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com
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