Re: file attributes

Dr. Roger Dube (16.03. 08:45):

> How does one change the Windows file attributes of a file (for example, to
> Read Only)? I can see how to do it within SwiftForth (R/O and W/O) but
> these do not alter the final file properties that Windows lists. After
> creating and writing to a file (and then closing it), I would like to change
> the file's attributes to read only.

If there is no pre-built interface in SwiftForth, you'll
probably have to use some Windows API functionality, cf.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/retrieving_and_changing_file_attributes.asp

Looks ugly ...

HTH,
s.
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