Author: WilliamSnell | Posted on: 10/27/2009 10:35:15 AM | Views : 276

I'm developing an application that has to poll a remote ftp server occasionally, download new zipped files, unzip the files, move all of the files contained in the zipped files to their correct locations, and move the original zipped files into a 'source' folder. I have all of this working, but another request is that I set access restrictions on the source folder so users don't inadvertently delete the source files. Here's a few of the specs:
1. Each project will have its own source folder, so there isn't a global source folder to mess with.
2. Users must be able to access files via an Explorer window, so I can't simply keep the files all in a restricted section and only allow access through the web application. This is why I need to set special permissions for only the source folder.
3. The application itself must be able to have access to the source foder. If a user needs to restore their ...

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