G'Day Daryl,
 
-=> Quoting Daryl Willis to All <=-
 DW> Ok using _dos_findfirst() I can get all the info on a file that I
 DW> need, however, the attrib returns usually 32 for archive  or 
 DW> 19 for a hidden read only, I,m sure I can write something to easily 
 DW> see what bits are set in 19 but I feel it will not be the best way to
 DW> do this, If someone could provide a small example of how
 DW> to do this or even demonstrate the best way I would again 
 DW> be appreciative
This is how it works.

Read only  = 1
Hidden     = 2
System     = 4
Label      = 8
Directory  = 16
Archive    = 32

You can check a file for any combination of the above attribs by adding up
the values.
Eg: if(f.ff_attrib == RDONLY | SYSTEM | HIDDEN) leaveitalone();

Btw, if you get 19 it won't be a file, it'll be a +R+H directory

If you want a recursive file finder example just yell, or look at whereis
in snippets.
            

  L8r Frank (fadam{at}ozemail.com.au).
  
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