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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:57:31 +0200 (CEST)
From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
To: "Girvin Herr (gherrl2 AT fastmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Changing gschem backup file permissions
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Hi Girvin,

On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, Girvin Herr (gherrl2 AT fastmail DOT com) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> Is there a way to change the gschem backup file permissions within 
> gschem to at least read/write for the owner (0644)?

changing the backup file permissions is hard-coded in libgeda.  You can 
disable this behavior by commenting out lines 413–416 in 
libgeda/src/f_basic.c and re-building gEDA/gaf:

>         if (chmod(backup_filename, mask) != 0) {
>           s_log_message (_("Could NOT set backup file [%s] readonly\n"),
>                          backup_filename);
>         }

Roland

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