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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Question About FileInfoBlock Structures
Keywords: FileInfoBlock directories dos amigados
Message-ID: <18569@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 5 Feb 91 01:44:41 GMT
References: <18a052ee.ARN02d3@aquarium.buffalo.ny.us>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <18a052ee.ARN02d3@aquarium.buffalo.ny.us> ernie@aquarium.buffalo.ny.us writes:
> Problem is... the fib_Protection field of the FileInfoBlock structure
> is Empty... when I print it as a "%d", i get a 0... all the other fields
> appear to have values... but do a...
>  printf("Protection==%d\n",MyFileInfoBlock->fib_Protection);
> and I get a: Protection==0 ...

	Simple: the first 4 bits (rwed) are true is the bit is 0.  So 0
means -----rwed.  The others are true if non-zero.

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