Problems while copying an executable file

[Manish Hatwalne]

I am trying to copy a compiled, execuatable file from one directory to another using ant task - copy. However, the file gets opied but its executable attribute "X" is stripped, so the file is no more executable. How can I preserve the files "X" attribute?

This is what I have used -
<copy todir="${riepath}" file="/my_source_path_here/name_of_execuatble">
</copy>

TIA,
- Manish

[Dirk Schreckmann]

The Ant documentation suggests a solution towards the bottom of the copy task documentation.
[ July 26, 2004: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]

[Manish Hatwalne]

Right! Here it is -

<quote>
Unix Note: File permissions are not retained when files are copied; they end up with the default UMASK permissions instead. This is caused by the lack of any means to query or set file permissions in the current Java runtimes. If you need a permission-preserving copy function, use <exec executable="cp" ... > instead.
</quote>

But I need something which is portable, so what's the solution?

rgds,
- Manish