From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-02-08T05:12:57+09:00
Subject: Re: How to check NTFS file permissions?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris [mailto:chris.dagnon@isthmusgroup.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:49 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: How to check NTFS file permissions?
> 
> 
> This problem comes up because WinXP keeps putting it's 
> 'System Volume Information' directories on each partition.  
> In this case, I think the FS was created by an earlier 
> incarnation of the machine I'm on.
> 
> However it is marked Read Only, and there doesn't seem to be 
> any way to change it.  Properties window says it is Read only 
> (with a square, not a
> checkmark) and Hidden, and it lets me think I'm changing it, 
> even asks if I want to change all subordinates, but never 
> changes it.  That's an OT, but I'd be happy to hear a solution to it.

I'm not sure what you mean by "with a square, not a checkmark".  It's
either read only or it's not.
 
> The problem I'm having is that File.readable? and 
> File.executable? both give me true for that directory, but if 
> I try Dir.chdir into it, it throws an exception.
> 
> Is there a check I can do, or is my only option: rescue 
> Errno::EACCES?

Perhaps win32-file could help you.

Regards,

Dan