Re: Changing Read Only Attribute

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 11/29/02 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:27:35 -0700

"Johnny Angell" <jangell2@cs.com> wrote in message
news:1ef7501c297b6$83d54770$8af82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA03...
> Well, I tried that, and the attrib command does not
> change the property, even though there is no error
> message.
>
> johnny

What makes you believe that ?
The XP Explorer interface or the attrib command ?
Explorer in folder properties does not show the read-only
attribute of a folder (even though it looks like it does).
On a folder this is a 3-way switch used to apply to the
files contained in the folder, and it always ends up looking
the same after it is used.
When you cd to the dir in cmd and issue
attrib .
(notice the ".") what is it saying? 

--
Roger
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >You can use the attrib command to remove the read only
> attrib on this
> >folder:
> >
> >1. Click Start->Run, type cmd and press Enter.
> >2. In the DOS window, type this command:
> >
> >Attrib -r <the folder full path name>
> >
> >For more information, type this command:
> >
> >Attrib /?
> >
> >Whenever I save a Web Page to a folder the READ ONLY
> >Attribute will be set for that folder and I cannot save
> >another Page to that same folder.
> >

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