At 11:16 AM -0400 5/7/08, Al wrote:
>I need to determine if a file is truly deletable by a php script,
>Deleting permissions seem to be the same as writing, they probably
>have the same criteria.
>
>is_writable() seems to virtually useless in most cases. It doesn't
>take into account the directory ownership/permissions; which, best I
>can tell, is the real determining factor.
>
>I've resorted to having to determine the directory's ownership and
>then compare the directory's rights with the owner's and then the
>other ['world'].
>
>E.g., Assume my script was loaded with ftp, so it's ownership is the
>site-name, and I want the scrip to be able to determine if it can
>delete a file. Thus, the file in question must have its "other"
>permissions include write.
>
>Surely, there must be an easier way.
>
>Thanks, Al........


Perhaps touch might help.

http://nl.php.net/manual/en/function.touch.php

Cheers,

tedd


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