comp.lang.java.programmer

Mark wrote:
> I'm floored by the realization that Java 5 has no built-in means of
> determining a file's owner, apparently.

Peraphs this is due to the difficult to solve this problem in a platform
indipendent way.

> Are there known work-arounds to
> this limitation? Does Java 6 have this capability? Or have I simply
> been looking in the wrong places?

When I asked to a my friend whose name starts with 'G' and ends with
'oogle' he aswered this:

http://hul.harvard.edu/mets/doc/edu/harvard/hul/ois/mets/File.html#getOWNERID()

Aniway I don't known if he indicates me the best solution.

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