OpenEuphoria

RE: [win32] Read Only Remover

• Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com> Sep 10, 2001
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otterdad,

Why not use attrib?

attrib -r [dir_path] /s /d

-- Brian

otter at full-moon.com wrote:
> i have written a pure win32 based program to remove the read only (or 
> other flags) attributes from all files in any directory. it allows the 
> user to browse for a directory and then reset all of the flags on any 
> given file mask.
> 
> i have posted the full code (both exw and prj) and a screen shot here: 
> http://otterdad.dynip.com/euphoria/roma/index.html
> 
> i would appreciate it if a few users take a look at it and try to break 
> it. i have tested it on Win95 and Win NT. it should work on any Windows 
> platform. while tested, I'm sure it's not perfect. don't use it on the 
> only copy of your novel. feedback appreciated. if enough people find it 
> useful I'll post it to the archives.
> 
> many thanks to Derek Parnell, David Cuny, Matthew Lewis, Judith Evans, 
> Thomas Parslow, Al Getz,  Wolfgang Fritz and Ad Rienks. Apologies if i 
> left anybody out.
> 
> If we are alone in the universe, it seems like an awful waste of space.