** 744 is read+execute **
744 means read, write and execute for the owner of the file (that's the 7). It is only read for the group (that's the first 4) and only read for the world (web visitors) (that's the last 4)
** Does anyone know what I need to change to get the files written to another location? **
I believe that's what the $BASE_DIR variable is for.
Dan O.
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