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From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick)
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Subject: FileInfoBlock
Summary: How do I write a FileInfoBlock
Keywords: FileInfoBlock write protection date
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If I use the following stub of code:

getinfo()
{
  BPTR fred;
  struct FileInfoBlock *fib;

  lock = Lock("fred", ACCESS_READ);
  Examine(lock, fib);
}

I can get information on the file protection from fib->fib_Protection and
date from fib->fib_FileDate (this is from my memory, ie don't tell me that
I have the structure members wrong :-), but how can I set them?

I wan't to know how the programs "protect" from WB 1.3.2 and "touch"
from the SAS C 5.05 work.  It would seem that they simply change the
fields that they want in the fib and then write it back.  How is this
done?  I have the RKM but it is *very* old (only deals with KS 1.1).

Thanks,

Phil.


  
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