Fetch Softworks

permissions expansion (6 posts)

• Started 18 years ago by worker201
• Latest reply 17 years ago from Scott McGuire

• worker201 Member

  Fetch is a swell program. I am a paying customer, and I don't regret it. I use version 4.0.3 on OSX 10.3.5, and it has treated me well. But there are a couple changes that I might suggest:

  1. Change "obscure options" to "advanced options", and have them popup when you hit the "advanced options" button or something. A checkbox list, so users can keep track of what options are set would be convenient.

  2. Sometimes, it is necessary for advanced users to change the permissions of an entire file tree. Using the current permissions dialog, this could take hours. I recommend a "folder permissions option, which would include the -R flag from such Unix utilities as chmod. Of course this ought to be an advanced operation, not simple for newbs to do, as this can screw up your ftp server if you are not careful.

  3. I saw that Fetch is currently built using the Carbon libraries. Can we expect a Cocoa version soon?

  Thanks for listening

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Thanks for the feedback. We'll address #1 in our next release. I had not thought of a recursive set permissions command, thanks for that idea. As for Cocoa, is there a particular feature from Cocoa that you want us to take advantage of?

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 18 years ago #

• troy Member

  Let me cast another vote for a recursive chmod command. My current web host does not have terminal access, and the thought of changing by hand the permissions on a very large folder tree....well it makes me want to turn off the computer and go outside, and we simply can't have that happening!

  -Troy

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Thanks for the feedback. I've written an AppleScript that should let you change permissions on an entire folder tree; please let me know if this is useful.

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks
  --
  on RecursiveSetPermissions(folderName, filePerms, folderPerms)
  with timeout of 1200 seconds
  tell application "Fetch 4.0.3"
  open remote directory folderName

  set commandText to {}
  if (count of every remote file of transfer window 1) > 0 then
  set allFileNames to name of every remote file
  repeat with aFileName in allFileNames
  set commandText to commandText & ("SITE CHMOD " & filePerms & " " & aFileName)
  end repeat
  end if

  if (count of every remote directory of transfer window 1) > 0 then
  set allFolderNames to name of every remote directory
  repeat with aFolderName in allFolderNames
  set commandText to commandText & ("SITE CHMOD " & folderPerms & " " & aFolderName)
  end repeat
  else
  set allFolderNames to {}
  end if

  if (count of commandText) is not 0 then
  send to transfer window 1 ftp command commandText
  end if

  repeat with aFolderName in allFolderNames
  RecursiveSetPermissions(aFolderName as string, filePerms, folderPerms) of me
  end repeat

  open remote directory (parent directory of transfer window 1)
  end tell
  end timeout
  end RecursiveSetPermissions

  tell application "Fetch 4.0.3"
  set selectedItems to selection of transfer window 1

  if (count of selectedItems) is 0 then
  error "Please select one or more remote folders first"
  end if

  repeat with oneItem in selectedItems
  if class of oneItem is not remote directory then
  error (name of oneItem) & " is not a folder; please select only remote folders"
  end if
  end repeat

  set dialogReply to display dialog "Please enter the permission value to apply to files (e.g. 644)" default answer "644"
  set filePerm to text returned of dialogReply
  set dialogReply to display dialog "Please enter the permission value to apply to folders (e.g. 755)" default answer "755"
  set folderPerm to text returned of dialogReply

  repeat with oneItem in selectedItems
  send to transfer window 1 ftp command ("SITE CHMOD " & folderPerm & " " & name of oneItem)
  RecursiveSetPermissions(name of oneItem, filePerm, folderPerm) of me
  end repeat
  end tell

  Posted 18 years ago #

• Glenn Member

  If the Fetch developers are still reading this thread, let me add my vote to the recursive chmod feature request. It could just be a checkbox on the permissions window of a folder (unchecked by default).* Would really be a time saver!

  * The option could also first be "enabled" in the Obscure preferences. Following that, the checkbox appears on the individual permissions window.

  Thanks for a great product!

  Posted 17 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi Glenn,

  Yes, we're still reading the thread. Thanks for the feedback. Is the AppleScript that Jim posted above useful to you at all? We realize it's not as convenient as a checkbox, though.

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 17 years ago #