Re: Changing Read Only Attribute

From: Johnny Angell (jangell2@cs.com)
Date: 11/29/02 

From: "Johnny Angell" <jangell2@cs.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 14:07:19 -0800

I tried attrib . and it just displays the current path.
I then did attrib +r to turn the attribute on, then
attrib . thinking it would display the attribute, but I
just get the current path displayed again.

johnny
>-----Original Message-----
>"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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