script to handle setting permissions, etc for serial

build/macosx/dist/serial_setup.command

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# originally fixperm.sh from rxtx-2.1_6/contrib
+# with a couple additions from pathsetup.command from fink [fry]
+
+# A script to fix permissions for lock files on Mac OS X
+# Contributed by Dmitry Markman <dimitry.markman@verizon.net>
+# Fri Aug 23 15:46:46 MDT 2002
+
+echo ""
+echo ""
+echo "This command will take care of a couple system things"
+echo "so that you can properly use the serial port to communicate"
+echo "between hardware devices and processing."
+echo ""
+echo "If there are actually changes that need to be made, then"
+echo "enter your password when prompted. The command uses sudo,"
+echo "and you'll need to have administrator access."
+echo ""
+
+echo -n "Do you want to continue? [Y/n] "
+read answer
+answer=`echo $answer | sed 's/^[yY].*$/y/'`
+if [ -z "$answer" -o "x$answer" = "xy" ]; then
+    curruser=`sudo id -p | grep 'login' | sed 's/login.//'`
+
+    if [ ! -d /var/spool/uucp ]
+    then
+        sudo mkdir /var/spool/uucp
+    fi
+
+    sudo chgrp uucp /var/spool/uucp
+    sudo chmod 775 /var/spool/uucp
+
+    if [ ! `sudo niutil -readprop / /groups/uucp users | grep $curruser > /dev/null` ]
+    then
+        sudo niutil -mergeprop / /groups/uucp users $curruser
+    fi
+
+    echo "Finished making changes, you should be all set"
+else
+    echo "Ok, nevermind then."
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo ""
+echo "     (All done... you can close this window now)"
+echo ""
+echo ""
+echo ""
+