Java File Attribute makeExecutable(File file)

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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 * Copyright (C) 2000 Myles Chippendale
 *
 * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
 * development of clean, maintainable web applications.
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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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1. launchExecutable(String executable, List args, Preferences preferences)
2. makeCurrentDirectoryThatOfExecutable(String executable)
3. makeExecutable(File file)
4. makeExecutable(File file)
5. makeExecutable(File file)
6. makeExecutable(File target)
7. makeExecutable(String path)
8. parallel(ExecutorService executor, Collection> tasks)
9. patchInfoPList(final File infoPList, final String executable)