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Skip to comments (5) Supercard permission changer v2
Posted by guest on Mar 16 2008 @ 21:09  :: 1098 unique visits

try
set m to do shell script "ls '/Library/Application Support' | grep Supercard"
set thePath to quoted form of ("/Library/Application Support/" & m as string)
on error errMsg number errNum
display dialog "Sorry, Suprecard folder not found"
error -128
end try

set perm to "chmod -R a+rwX " & thePath
-- '-R' allows chmod to set privileges recursively.
-- the '+X' allows chmod to set privileges to r&w for all users
-- while setting only folders to 'x' and leaves original setting for
-- the executable of the file as it was
do shell script perm with administrator privileges
display dialog "Permissions repaired!" & return & "Try launching the Supercard Trial again."

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