Determine Write Protection?

Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com
Wed Apr 10 15:31:01 EDT 2002


I asked:

> On Windows, is there any way to determine if a folder or the drive is 
> write-protected without actually trying to write a file?

In answer to the above, it is correct that I can use the detailed 
folders function to retrieve the file permissions of a folder?  If yes, 
then apparently "777" is OK to write, but "555" is read-only?

Thanks & Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director, Tactile Media
scott at tactilemedia.com
http://www.tactilemedia.com
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