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From: fester@wolf.cs.washington.edu (Lea Fester)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Can I read a subdirectory file ?
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Date: 24 Dec 90 07:45:47 GMT
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Reply-To: fester@wolf.cs.washington.edu (Lea Fester)
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I'd like to read a subdirectory file as a file, but of course DOS
won't Open a file with the directory attribute set, and neither can
you change that attribute using the correct DOScall (so I can't
temporarily reset and then set that attribute.)

Am I forced to go to the FAT to chase down the cluster chain doing
raw disk reads, or does someone know of a way to trick DOS into 
letting you read a subdirectory as a file ?  I'd like to have some
of the amenities of file-handling OS functions available for use,
if there were a way to trick DOS into treating a subdirectory like
a regular file.

LeaF