>     FYI there is no such attribute under Watcom 10.x C/C++.
JD> 
JD>   Yes, there is.  DosFindFirst is an operating system API, and the
JD>   parameters to it exist irrespective of C++ compiler (or even of
JD>   language).

    Looking at my "generic" help for the _dos_find commands, it has the 
following attributes listed for the _dos_findfirst command:

_A_NORMAL - normal file
_A_RDONLY - read only file
_A_HIDDEN - hidden file
_A_SYSTEM - system file
_A_VOLID  - volume ID
_A_SUBDIR - subdirectory
_A_ARCH   - archive flag

    It also states this is for DOS, Windows, Win386, Win32, OS/2 1.x(all), 
OS/2-32(DOS/PM).

    So I believe our confusion lies in the fact that I was not looking at an 
OS specific calls.  I was looking at the ones that work everywhere.. since I 
like my code being easy to port. :)


C. Gaefke
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