[android-developers] Problem setting file permissions when filename has a space

I have a question over at StackOverflow that's been sitting there for
over a month, and wondered if maybe someone here (or a Googlite) could
answer it.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5149739/android-problem-setting-file-permissions-when-filename-has-a-space

I have an app where I store .png images in the app's cache directory,
and as I am sharing these files via messaging, etc, I need to make the
files readable temporarily by everyone (i.e. chmod 755).

As suggested in another thread, I am running Runtime.getRuntime.exec()
to do this:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("setperm chmod 755 /path/to/filename.png");

This works fine, and as I am filtering / and \, any name works...
except a name with a space, unsurpisingly. This fails:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("setperm chmod 755 /path/to/file name.png");

So, coming from linux, I try wrapping the file path in quotes, which
works on linux, but still fails to change the file perms on Android:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("setperm chmod 755 \"/path/to/file name.png
\"");
or
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("setperm chmod 755 '/path/to/file
name.png'");

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Paul

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