[Tutor] Directory permissions

Sean 'Shaleh' Perry shaleh@valinux.com
Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:11:24 -0700 (PDT)


On 02-Aug-2000 Jacob Williams wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is there a way to change a dir's read only function to a write only without 
> deleting the folder and it's contents?
> thanks in advance!
> 

the answer is: it depends on the OS.  in unix there is the chmod call, Windows
has directory attributes.

That said, have only write access makes little sense and may not work on all
systems.