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- From: peterf@vnet.ibm.com (Peter Forsberg)
- Message-ID: <19920912.071152.634@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 16:00:19 SWE
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: Can't reset file attributes on EA DATA.SF
- Reply-To: peterf@vnet.ibm.com
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- In <19920912.041112.66@almaden.ibm.com> I write:
- >In <BuFnKy.C7A@andy.bgsu.edu> jeremy zawodny writes:
- >>I have read about defraging my drive (FAT system) and the process involved
- >>when OS/2 is installed. I have tried to clear the RSH attributes of my
- >>EA DATA.SF files, but it doesn't work. I have tried Xtree Pro, Norton
- >>Utilites, and PC Tools.
- >>(...)
- >
- >The trick is to use OS/2 |||
- >Try the following command (standing in the root of your FAT drive):
- >
- > attrib -h -r -s "EA DATA . SF"
- >
- >It does the trick. Don't forget the ""s, they're important here.
-
- Sorry, but I just discovered that the -h and -s parameters to ATTRIB are
- only valid for OS/2 2.x, _not_ for OS/2 1.3. Under 1.3 you can use the
- File Manager to do this. Open your FAT drive's root directory, select
- Viev->Include... and mark all file flags. Then mark the EA DATA . SF
- file, select File->Change flags... and check the flags as you like.
- Possibly you can use the WPS "file manager" under 2.0 in a similar way
- too, but I haven't verified that.
-
- Peter
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