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From: mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: DOS directory attribute question
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Message-ID: <1990Oct10.131307.21993@uncecs.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 90 13:13:07 GMT
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I don't know C, but other programs such as the MSDOS version of CHMOD,
and a small shareware program FILEMGR.COM or the hex editor in PCTOOLs,
all can change the directory attributes. Unfortunately, you can hide
a directory from DOS, but you can't make it read-only or execute only
or responsive to various security levels. That is, even when one changes
the attributes of a directory to read-only, DOS does not recognize it
as such. DRDOS 5.0 or security programs such as PC-Vault + or HandsOff
can do this.
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Michael Volow, Psychiatry, Durham VA Med Center, Durham NC 27712
919 286 0411 Ext 6933               mvolo@ecsvax.edu