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from: Thomas Seeling
date: 1997-01-14 10:26:54
subject: Re: standard functions for change date & attributes of file ?

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* Forwarded von Thomas Seeling (2:244/1130.42)
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From: Eberhard Mattes 


Tschopp Gilles writes:

> I would like to know if there are standard and portable functions which
> allow me to change date, time and attributes (read only, archive,
> hidden, system ....) of a file ?

Use utime() for changing the time stamps.

> I can use Warp API to do the same, but it is too heavy and not portable.
> (I have to use DosOpen, after DosSetFileInfo and finally DosClose.

DosSetPathInfo.  (Or Dos16SetPathInfo which also works for files
opened in deny-write mode by other processes.)

Eberhard Mattes 
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