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From: eduardo@m2xenix.psg.com (Eduardo Salom)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: turbo pascal 5.0 SetFAttr ...
Message-ID: <1990Aug15.163605.12784@m2xenix.psg.com>
Date: 15 Aug 90 16:36:05 GMT
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US
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>from: eduardo@m2xenix.psg.com (Eduardo Salom)

Subject: turbo pascal 5.0 SetFAttr help....

in article <31924@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> lyda@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (kevin
lyda) says:

> setfattr(f,directory);                {hidden directory, no dos   }
>                                       {error from getfattr        }
> writeln(log,doserror);           {-??-> 5                         }
>
> question: why is file access denied? when i hide an archive file i
> can unhide it later, but not directories. is this a bug and more
> importantly, is there a way i can hide AND unhide directories?

The call to SetFAttr must have the directory bit off. Replace
SetFAttr( f, directory ) by SetFAttr( f, $0 ) and the program will work.
This is explained in the MS-DOS technical reference manual (CHMOD).
I didn't know it but the question puzzled me enough to try several codes
and finally ... up to read the manual.

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