james,
i have started a php script that will help with this same thing. basically you call up the file, provide it some parameters to ftp, (the zip file does not have to be loaded, i have all of the different versions on the net for a wget command) the file would check that all files are in place, proceed to change the permissions. you would then step through the files installer, and upon completing the install, this file would have a second button, that would set the perrms back on those five see more or six files that need it, and finally it would remove the install file from the server. i dont know about 38 seconds worth, you would have to have the dbase in place, and the script zip would need to be on the server or in a locale where you could wget it.

anyway, kewl beans.

i do have a question that has been puzzling me from the very beginning of using this script. why, is it necessary to have us change all of those file permissions, when they should be set at that level from the start, there are only the five or six files that actually change, and then change back.

boonex, how come you guys do that, i havent counted the number of files in sometime, but last i counted it was 83 files that get chmod'd, and only about five or so that get reversed?

just wondering

later,
DosDawg