Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!macman
From: macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: File Protection bit
Message-ID: <683@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 88 19:16:39 GMT
References: <PK-TLE.88Nov17125259@khons.sics.se>
Reply-To: macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
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In article <PK-TLE.88Nov17125259@khons.sics.se> pk-tle@sics.se (Tommy Levitte) writes:
>
>If you use ResEdit on a file and Get Info, you can set and reset a lot of 
>things. Unfortunately, there are some buttons you CAN'T reset, like the one
>marked "File Protected". 

There are many disk utilities, including MacTools and FEdit+ which allow
you to change that bit. I don't know exactly how this "bit" is set,
but I suspect it to be more than just a single bit at a single place.
Inside Mac is not too clear about that, though.

-- Danny

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