--- a/test/filesupport.py	Wed May 21 13:20:36 2008 +0000
+++ b/test/filesupport.py	Wed May 21 16:46:16 2008 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2007 by Intevation GmbH
+# Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 by Intevation GmbH
 # Authors:
 # Bernhard Herzog <bh@intevation.de>
 #
@@ -73,23 +73,33 @@
         return dirname
 
     def create_files(self, directory, filedesc):
-        """Creates a hieararchy of directories and files in directory.
+        """Creates a hierarchy of directories and files in directory.
         The filedesc parameter should be a sequence of (name, contents)
-        pairs.  Each pair describes one entry of the directory.  If
-        contents is an instance of list, the entry is a subdirectory and
-        the contents is a list in the same format as filedesc and passed
+        pairs or (name, permissions, contents) triples.  Each item of
+        the sequence describes one entry of the directory.  If contents
+        is an instance of list, the entry is a subdirectory and the
+        contents is a list in the same format as filedesc and passed
         recursively to the create_files method.  If contents is a
         string, the new directory entry is a normal file and contents is
-        the contents of the file.
+        the contents of the file.  The permissions if present, should be
+        an int specifying the files permissions (setting permissions
+        doesn't work yet for directories).
         """
-        for name, contents in filedesc:
+        shutil.rmtree(directory, True)
+        os.makedirs(directory)
+        for item in filedesc:
+            if len(item) == 3:
+                name, permissions, contents = item
+            else:
+                name, contents = item
+                permissions = None # use default permissions
             if isinstance(contents, list):
                 # a list as contents indicates a directory
                 newdir = os.path.join(directory, name)
                 os.mkdir(newdir)
                 self.create_files(newdir, contents)
             else:
-                writefile(os.path.join(directory, name), contents)
+                writefile(os.path.join(directory, name), contents, permissions)
 
     def checkFileContents(self, filename, contents):
         """check the contents of a file"""