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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Protect Failed
Message-ID: <5147@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 31 Oct 88 18:41:31 GMT
References: <8810281416.AA01431@decwrl.dec.com>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8810281416.AA01431@decwrl.dec.com> macdonald@mtwain.dec.com (Paul MacDonald - CUP/ML - 223-3439) writes:
>Whenever I have attempted to change the archive bit on a number
>of files in a directory, almost invariably this message appears.
>
>For example, on my root directory,
>
>PROTECT #? +a
>
>changes the archive bit on most of the files, but not all. For
>example, the libs directory seems to be impossible to change the
>archive bit. Some individual files are likewise impossible to change.

Any file currently in use can't have its protection bits changes
(under 1.1, 1.2, 1.3)  Locks (ie Assigns) count as 'in use'.
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