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From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 2 misc questions
Message-ID: <25EDB98B.27683@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 2 Mar 90 00:08:42 GMT
References: <1705@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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In article <1705@crash.cts.com> elund@pro-graphics.cts.com (Eric Lund) writes:
$Using Norton Utilities FA (file attribute) command or DOS's ATTRIB, you can
$view or alter the attributes (IE, make it reappear) of any file.  I'm not sure
$if ATTRIB will allow the hidden byte to be changed, however.  You need to

   It depends on what DOS version you're using.  I believe that from 3.30
up, you can alter the Archive, System, Read-Only, and Hidden attributes;
prior versions only allow you to alter the Archive and Read-Only bits.
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Stephen M. Dunn                               cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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