[python-win32] Problems with SetFileAttributes

[Cioffi, Chris]

Hello all,

I'm writing a little app where I need to create some directories that I
would like to set the compressed flag on for Win2K.  However, neither
win32file.SetFileAttributes nor win32api.SetFileAttributes seems to work.
Here's what I've done to test:

import win32api
import win32con
import win32file

filename = 'c:\\inetpub\\docs'

def method1():

    print "use the win32api module to set the compress flag"

    attr = win32api.GetFileAttributes(filename)
    print 'Starting attrributes: %d' % attr

    new_attr = attr | win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED
    print 'New attributes: %d' % new_attr

    win32api.SetFileAttributes(filename, win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED)
    print 'Final attributes: %d\n' % win32api.GetFileAttributes(filename)
    return

def method2():


    print "use the win32file module to set the compress flag"

    attr = win32file.GetFileAttributes(filename)
    print 'Starting attrributes: %d' % attr

    new_attr = attr | win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED
    print 'New attributes: %d' % new_attr

    win32file.SetFileAttributes(filename, new_attr)

    print 'Final attributes: %d\n' % win32file.GetFileAttributes(filename)
    return

if __name__ == '__main__':
    method1()
    method2()

And I get the following back:
>>> use the win32api module to set the compress flag
Starting attrributes: 16
New attributes: 2064
Final attributes: 16

use the win32file module to set the compress flag
Starting attrributes: 16
New attributes: 2064
Final attributes: 16

This is ActivePython v2.3.2, build 159.  I do have admin rights to the whole
machine and the directory is empty.  Any info would be appreciated.

Chris Cioffi
Enterprise Technology Specialist
800-991-7259
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