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Chapter 6 / Command Referem;e
ATTRIB External
G-~l
',3.2) ! ATTRIB [read][archive] pathname
Sets or resets the read-only and archive attributes of a file; dis-
plays
the attributes of a file.
Parameters
read can be either +R or - R. + R sets the read-only attribute
of a file to ON. - R sets the read-only attribute of a file to OFF.
archive can be either + A or - A. +A sets the archive attribute
of a file to ON. - A sets the archive attribute of a file to OFF.
path name is the path to the file you wish to reference.
Notes and Suggestions
• If an application opens a file with read and write permission,
ATTRIB
can force a read-only condition to allow file sharing
over a network.
•
To display the attribute of a specific file, type
at t r 1 b pa t h name [ ENTER I
• The wildcard characters "'. '" can be used to print the a ttri-
butes of all files on a specific drive.
•
If you omit the optional parameters, ATTRIB displays the
attribute settings of the file specified by pathname.
Example
attrib +r myflle.txt
turns on the read-only attribute of Myfile.txt.
attrlb +a myflle.txt
turns on the archive attribute of Myfile.txt.
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