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From: unkydave@shumv1.uucp (David Bank)
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Subject: Re: Dumb/easy question
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Date: 7 Nov 89 20:01:36 GMT
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In article <954@castle.ed.ac.uk> djm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Murphy) writes:
>In article <4376@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes:
>>         If you don;t have and/or can't afford such a program or
>>one like it, you can use the DOS program ATTRIB to alter the file
>>attribute bits and make it a non-Hidden file and then erase it normally.
>>
>Umm - I'm not sure this is true. I think ATTRIB will only allow you to
>change the read-only and archive bits. If you try using, say, ATTRIB +H 
>it doesn't hide the file.
>

   Hmmm...you could be right. I normally use ATTR and don't mess with
ATTRIB. DOS's utilities tend to be pathetic anyway. Not having a DOS
manual handy I really can't say either way.

   Perhaps someone more versed in the more arcane of DOS's utilities
programs can offer some help???

Unky Dave
unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu

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