-=> Quoting James Bradley to Nancy Backus on 01-26-05  06:29 <=-

 NB> they should be.  What doesn't make sense is WHY the file would end up
 NB> being given the Read-Only attribute...  But, I bet if you could track
 NB> down for sure what is doing it, you'd be most of the way there to
 NB> fixing it? 
 JB> Now, isn't there a PKZIP switch that will force a file to be
 JB> rewritten, or some such? Just a quick look at pkzip's help file, (Just
 JB> the screen display when you don't include required fields. I've long
 JB> ago deleted the text files.) I see the -j, mask/don't mask attributes.
 JB> Might that have some bearing? Seamed to me that he might have an
 JB> environment variable set that to a value other than the default. Other
 JB> than an ANSII sequence bombing his file attributes... 

Could be.  But I really don't do much with the extra commands... -vm to
look at the list of the contents of the zipfile and -cm if I need to
actually read something within...  but otherwise it's just the basic
usage.

 JB> You're the DOS diva here. Maybe his pkzip command could branch to a
 JB> batch call, where first the "attrib -h filename.???"
could work? DON'T
 JB> quote me on the syntax! I've been weened from DOS since Windows stoped
 JB> providing a help executable.

Not I.  I know enough to do what I do, but that's about it.  My resident
Wizard has to give me the new magic spells for anything else!  Dan,
maybe.... :)   But Jean's working in Windows, not DOS, anyway...

ttyl           neb

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