1. Win32 File Attribute Modification
Hi all,
I need to modify some file attributes, but don't want to do a
'system("attrib ...")' call. Something like result =
setFileAttr(myfile,attribs) is what I'm looking for.
I searched the archive for libraries for dealing with file attributes,
but only found info on looking at file attributes, not modifying them.
Has someone come up with something I just missed?
Thanks,
Ted Fines
2. Re: Win32 File Attribute Modification
Ted wrote:
> I need to modify some file attributes, but don't want to do a
> 'system("attrib ...")' call. Something like result =
> setFileAttr(myfile,attribs) is what I'm looking for.
The following code was successfully tested with the Eu 2.4 interpreter
under Windows 98:
----------------------------[ begin code ]----------------------------
include dll.e
include machine.e
constant
ATTR_NORMAL = #00, -- #00 is valid only if used alone.
ATTR_READONLY = #01, -- The other attributes can be added.
ATTR_HIDDEN = #02,
ATTR_SYSTEM = #04,
ATTR_DIR = #10, -- #10 is ignored by set_attr().
ATTR_ARCHIVE = #20, -- To create a directory, use the
-- CreateDirectory() function.
KERNEL32 = open_dll("kernel32.dll"),
ID_SETATTR = define_c_func(KERNEL32, "SetFileAttributesA",
{C_POINTER, C_ULONG}, C_LONG)
function set_attr (sequence name, atom attr)
atom lpszName, ret
lpszName = allocate_string(name)
ret = c_func(ID_SETATTR, {lpszName, attr})
free(lpszName)
return ret -- 0 on error
end function
? set_attr("c:\\autoexec.bat", ATTR_HIDDEN)
-----------------------------[ end code ]-----------------------------
Best regards,
Juergen
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3. Re: Win32 File Attribute Modification
Juergen, you rock. Thank you!
Derek, any chance Juergen's 'setFileInfo' code can be included in the next
release of win32lib, to complement your 'getFileInfo' function?
Sincerely,
Ted Fines
--On Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:32 PM +0200 Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de>
wrote:
>
>
> Ted wrote:
>
>> I need to modify some file attributes, but don't want to do a
>> 'system("attrib ...")' call. Something like result =
>> setFileAttr(myfile,attribs) is what I'm looking for.
>
> The following code was successfully tested with the Eu 2.4 interpreter
> under Windows 98:
>
> ----------------------------[ begin code ]----------------------------
> include dll.e
> include machine.e
>
> constant
> ATTR_NORMAL = #00, -- #00 is valid only if used alone.
> ATTR_READONLY = #01, -- The other attributes can be added.
> ATTR_HIDDEN = #02,
> ATTR_SYSTEM = #04,
> ATTR_DIR = #10, -- #10 is ignored by set_attr().
> ATTR_ARCHIVE = #20, -- To create a directory, use the
> -- CreateDirectory() function.
>
> KERNEL32 = open_dll("kernel32.dll"),
> ID_SETATTR = define_c_func(KERNEL32, "SetFileAttributesA",
> {C_POINTER, C_ULONG}, C_LONG)
>
>
> function set_attr (sequence name, atom attr)
> atom lpszName, ret
>
> lpszName = allocate_string(name)
> ret = c_func(ID_SETATTR, {lpszName, attr})
> free(lpszName)
> return ret -- 0 on error
> end function
>
>
> ? set_attr("c:\\autoexec.bat", ATTR_HIDDEN)
> -----------------------------[ end code ]-----------------------------
>
> Best regards,
> Juergen
>
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