Mark a file as read-only

[Chipp Walters]

Something like this:

answer file "choose a file"
if the result is "cancel" or it is "" then exit to top
put it into tPath
put shortFilePath(tPath) into tPath
replace "/" with "\" in tPath
put "attrib +R " & tPath into tDosCommand
set the hideConsoleWindows to true
put shell (tDosCommand) into tErr
if tErr is not empty then answer tErr

Haven't tested it, but it should work.




On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Bill Vlahos <bvlahos at mac.com> wrote:

> Chipp,
>
> Do it like this?
> if the platform is "Win32" then shell("attrib +r a:lockthisfile.txt")
>
> Thank you,
> Bill Vlahos
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> On May 11, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
>
> > http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/attrib.html
> >
> > attrib +r a:lockthisfile.txt
> >
> > You can shell out to it
> >
> > Chipp Walters
> > CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc
> >
> > On May 11, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Bill Vlahos <bvlahos at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I know how to set the rights on Mac and Linux to mark a file as
> read-only.
> >>
> >> How do I do that in Windows?
> >>
> >> Can I do it at all on a USB drive? I believe that files on USB drives
> ignore some settings for ownership, etc.
> >>
> >> Bill Vlahos
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