Creating a new directory with a file inside an existing directory is
relatively easy...

// Set permissions without database query
inline(#permissions, -nothing) => {

// Create a directory to store the file
local('dir' = dir(#path))
#dir->create

if(#dir->exists) => {

// Save file and overwrite if necessary
local(my_file) = file(#path_andFilename)
#my_file->doWithClose => {
#my_file->openWriteOnly
#my_file->writeString(#file_content)

}
}

However, a problem appears when the new directory and file do not have the
same sharing (owner, group, everyone) and permissions (read, write, execute)
as the original directory.

I tried changing the way I created the file object using:

// Open a file for creation, and reading and writing
local(my_file) = file($sess_pathto_htmlFile, integer_bitOr(io_file_o_creat,
io_file_o_rdwr))

But that didn't change the situation, so I tried [filedesc->fchmod] to
change the unix file permissions of the file using the sample code in
LassoDocs:

local(change_filePermissions) = file(#path_andFilename);
#change_filePermissions->fchmod: '0777'; // using octal notation

And I get an error message, "FAILURE: -9948 Definition Not Found:
file->fchmod(string)". So then I modified the second line of code to the
Lasso 9 syntax I'm familiar with:

#change_filePermissions->fchmod('0777')

And I get the same error message.

How do I create the new directory and file using the same sharing and
permissions as the original directory, or how do I modify the two after
creation so that I can read and write to them?

Thanks.



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