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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ProDOS Question
Keywords: online
Message-ID: <42406@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 90 07:56:28 GMT
References: <507.infoapple.net@pro-generic> <15095@reed.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <15095@reed.UUCP> reeder@reed.UUCP (Doug Reeder) writes:
>[...]  Does anyone know what happens
>if you open a write-enabled file, use SET_FILE_INFO to disable-writes, and
>open it again for read-only?

This is probably a non-issue, because I think it's documented somewhere
that the new attributes set with SET_FILE_INFO on an open file don't
necessarily go into effect until the file is closed.  (So, in this case,
you get to keep writing to the file if it was write-enabled when you
opened it.)
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