Create directory with write permissions for the group

Question

I create a folder in my java program (running on linux) with mkdirs() function of File object. The problem is that the folder gets only read permissions for the group. I nee

Answer 1

A very simple solution for this is:

file.setExecutable(true, false);
file.setReadable(true, false);
file.setWritable(true, false);

In above code, file is a File object.

When you are creating a file set these permissions to a file setExecutable(true) will allow you to set that file as Executable for owner only. If you add one more parameter which I have added in above code file.setExecutable(true, false); will make Executable false for owner only, that means it will set permissions to all group / world.

Tested and working on Debian and Windows XP.