removing read-only attribute from files 2

[biot023]

Hallo.
Does anyone know how to remove the read-only attribute from a file (so that it can be deleted)?
Any & all help gratefully received.
Cheers,
Douglas JL.

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[mattcs]

From the command line;
attrib -r [drive:] [path] [filename]

From the user interface:
File | Properties

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[Totte]

To do it manually i use Windows Commander, it's a Norton Commander lookalike and it works like a charm, it can pack, unpack, move files, copy them, delete them, change attributes, send/recieve via FTP and a lot more.

Totte

 

[Wings]

Use

SetFileAttributes();

in code

 

[biot023]

Thanks alot, Wings - that looks like the one.
From the look of it, this is a Borland command, which is cool.
But does anyone know a universal C++ way of doing this?
Thanks again,
DJL

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[2ffat]

Look at access, chmod, fstat and stat. All of these should be compatable with DOS, *nix, and Windows. My notes are fairly old so I don't know if they are still supported or not.

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[biot023]

That's absolutely perfect, thanks!
chmod was the fella.
Thanks again, everyone.
DJL.

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