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- WRTP.COM and WRTE.COM are two files (designed for DOS 2.00) which
- set and reset, respectively, the read-only bit on a file. Doing
- this to a file allows it to be read (as in DIR, or trying to TYPE
- or execute it) but won't allow it to be written (as when trying to
- delete or update it). This includes trying to delete it using *.* --
- no error is generated, but the file is not deleted, either.
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- They are quite useful for keeping files from going away inadvertently.
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- To use, say:
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- WRTP <filename> to write-protect (make it read-only)
- or
- WRTE <filename> to make it writeable.
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- Path names are legal; ambiguous file names are not (like *.com).
- Maybe in a future revision.
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- These will NOT work under DOS 1.1. Sorry. You should be using 2.00
- anyway -- it's well worth the $60.
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- If you have questions, contact Kent Quirk, (617) 438-2569.
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- ve questions, contact Kent Quirk, (617) 438-2569.
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