Java File Attribute makeExecutable(File file)

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Description

Mark a file as executable.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static void makeExecutable(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code


//package com.java2s;
/*/*  ww w.  ja v  a 2 s  .  c o m*/
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Mark a file as executable.  Does <TT>chmod +x <I>file</I></TT> on
     * Unix, else does nothing.
     */
    public static void makeExecutable(File file) throws IOException {
        if (File.separatorChar == '/')
            // we're unix
            try {
                if (Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "chmod", "+x", file.getPath() }).waitFor() != 0)
                    throw new IOException("chmod +x " + file + " failed");
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                throw new IOException("Interrupted waiting for chmod +x " + file);
            }
    }
}

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