You could always create the file with the correct permissions first and then write to it, I think. On Wed, 18 Jul 2012, Smith, Craig A wrote: >> Can't you just put a chmod in the script? > > That what I did, but the (partially calculated) mpegs cannot be viewed (with Apache) until the script is done. Since that can take hours, I'd hoped to preview initial frames sooner. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -Yaron --