Hi Erwin,

you asked:

 EH> How can I reset the READONLY-attribute of a file in order to be able to
 EH> overwrite or delete it? It is probable plain simple but I can't figure it
 EH> out. This is what I tried:

wow! a lot of coding. Try this:

=================================== snip ===================================
/* Warning: this code removes files, irrespectively of the read-only flag */

#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
   int res=2;                             /* Check for write permission */

   if (argc<2)                            /* Is an argument specified? */
      return 1;

   if (access(argv[1], res) != 0)         /* Check for write access */
      chmod(argv[1], S_IWRITE);           /* Force write access */

   unlink(argv[1]);                       /* Remove the file */

   return 0;

}
================================ end snip ====================================

access, chmod and unlink are not part of ANSI C, however they are commonly
found in OS/2, DOS, (some tastes of) Unix and Windows.


Groeten,
 Henk

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