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Article #25148Re: Problems with Fattrib on a directory
From: bammi
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1987 19:04
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1987 19:04
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In article <8702170915.AA29778@jade.berkeley.edu> UDAC041%UK.AC.KCL.CC.VAXA@ac.uk writes: >Subject: Fattrib problems reading directories > > >I have been using 'Fattrib' gemdos function to read the attributes of a >directory but all it returns is 0 without bit 0x10 set to indicate that >it is a directory. > I too came across this `bug', and reported it to Atari. Only god knows if they are doing something about it. Anyway, the work around is to use Fsfirst() after setting up your Dta, and then picking up the attributes from the Dta. That works just fine. -- usenet: .....!decvax!cwruecmp!bammi jwahar r. bammi csnet: bammi@case arpa: bammi%case@csnet-relay compuServe: 71515,155
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!cwruecmp!bammi From: bammi@cwruecmp.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Problems with Fattrib on a directory Message-ID: <1882@cwruecmp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 14:04:15 EST Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.1882 Posted: Wed Feb 18 14:04:15 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Feb-87 21:29:46 EST References: <8702170915.AA29778@jade.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: bammi@cwruecmp.UUCP (Jwahar R. Bammi) Organization: CWRU Dept. of Computer Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio Lines: 17