Changes the attributes of a file

DIR:File:Attribute:Change

Defined In: DIR.NLM

Service: NetBasic

<bSuccess> = DIR:File:Attribute:Change (<sTargetFile>, <iAttr>)

Boolean

Changes the attributes of file <sTargetFile>. <sTargetFile> is either the full path name of the file or the name of the file in the current directory. <iAttr> is the attribute to be changed. Permissible integer values are:

1
Read-only

2
Hidden

4
System

8
Execute-only

32
Archive

128
Sharable

4096
Transaction

16384
Read Audit

32768
Write Audit

65536
Immediate Purge

524288
Copy Inhibit

131072
Rename Inhibit

262144
Delete Inhibit

33554432
Immediate Compression

134217728
Don't Compress

1	Read-only
2	Hidden
4	System
8	Execute-only
32	Archive
128	Sharable
4096	Transaction
16384	Read Audit
32768	Write Audit
65536	Immediate Purge
524288	Copy Inhibit
131072	Rename Inhibit
262144	Delete Inhibit
33554432	Immediate Compression
134217728	Don't Compress

NOTE Include the DIR.H file in the program to use the DIR constant names (see DIR Constants).

Example

If (!DIR:File:Attribute:Change ("AUTOEXEC.NLM", 32 + 128))
Print ("Error flagging to archive & sharable"); Newline
EndIf