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From: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com (venu.p.gopal)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Can I read a subdirectory file ?
Summary: FCBs
Message-ID: <1990Dec28.174004.12184@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 28 Dec 90 17:40:04 GMT
References: <14237@june.cs.washington.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <14237@june.cs.washington.edu>, fester@wolf.cs.washington.edu (Lea Fester) writes:
! 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

I believe you can do this through the use of FCBs (pre 2.00 DOS style)
and not through handles.  Haven't done this myself, so I am not speaking
from experience.

I don't know why you need to read the sub-directory as a file (unless you
are looking for the specific locations of the files contained) - most
things, you can get by by using a combination of the functions:

	rename file (will move files between directories)
	create/delete/read/write files
	create/delete directories

Venu P. Gopal   UUCP: ..!att!cbnewsc!vgopal   Internet: vgopal@cbnewsc.att.com