Hi Stefan, >> /u/kumari/ant> less less build.xml <project> <target name="install_scripts"> <copy file="${basedir}/myfile.txt" tofile="/u/kumari/myfile.txt"/> <chmod file="/u/kumari/myfile.txt" perm="555"/> </target> </project> >>
I tried with apache-ant-1.8.1 also and got same error as previous append. >> i.e. add a filterset that doesn't change your files at all) >> Can you please suggest me what kind of filter set I can use to copy and change mode of this file. Stefan Bodewig wrote: > > On 2010-05-18, SHAILJA <shalja.ru...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Stefan Bodewig wrote: > >>> Sounds like you are hitting the problem described in the recently opened >>> <https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49261> > >> When the above mentioned bug will be fixed? > > Like the bug report says, it is already fixed in trunk and will be fixed > in the next release (after 1.8.1). The fix may not be what you expect, > though. The next release will never overwrite read-only files with > <copy> unless you explicitly set a force attribute to make it do so. > > For Ant 1.8.0 and 1.8.1 there is a workaround - make <copy> use the > filtering mode (i.e. add a filterset that doesn't change your files at > all) and it will overwrite read-only files just like 1.7.1 did. This > workaround won't work anymore with the next release. > > Stefan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Ant1.8-copy-task-gives-error-%22Failed-to-copy%22-with-%22Permission-denied%22-tp28179282p28801724.html Sent from the Ant - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org