Hi all!
Evidently NOT Slackware specific but still...
A small collection (3K) of scanned pictures from films was burnt on CD
and transferred to another computer for leisurely captioning and so on.
Oh, sorry, I did not mention that for this I use a "tool" called Paint
Shop Pro under Windows98SE, as this emerged as the best for my purposes.
As they were JPGed I put the whole set on my Linux install chowned them
to myself, the -R switch, and could browse them in Gimp.
Now the story:
When browsing I found few of them in wrong position so (mea culpa!)
rebooted Windows and tried to rotate them in right direction.
But I cannot save them with the original name, the OS reports that the
file is "read only".
Now the question: When did the attributes got set?
Was it when burning to CD?
The original collection has no limits on manipulating those files and
saving with the same name.

Now the real querry: Any of you "old timers" recalls how to change
attributes under DOS on a whole collection of files? (-R?????)


Knowledgeable flames welcome.

Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla.

Stanislaw Flatto wrote:
> Hi all!
> Knowledgeable flames welcome.


Thank "The Source" for Google!
Looked around "the corner" and found "mattrib".
It is on my "other OS" so later will sic it against the DOS directories.
And it has something similar to -R, Halleluia!

It IS good to use Linux!

Happy, happy.

Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla.

Stanislaw Flatto wrote :

> Now the real querry: Any of you "old timers" recalls how to change
> attributes under DOS on a whole collection of files? (-R?????)

You can use the DOS command attrib if its still present. Use "help
attrib" or "attrib /?" to get the syntax.
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:52:16 GMT, Stanislaw Flatto <compaid@shoalhaven.net.au> wrote:

>Hi all!
>Evidently NOT Slackware specific but still...
....
>Now the question: When did the attributes got set?
>Was it when burning to CD?

Burning CD under windows sets files to read-only, at least I've
observed that behaviour with Nero -- did a data recovery job and
client rings can't load 19MB accounts file, penny drops -- clear
read-only box.

>The original collection has no limits on manipulating those files and
>saving with the same name.
>
>Now the real querry: Any of you "old timers" recalls how to change
>attributes under DOS on a whole collection of files? (-R?????)

"attrib /?" will tell you -- I don't have Win98 running in here )

Cheers,
Grant.

http://www.computerhope.com/attribhl.htm

Stanislaw Flatto wrote:

> Oh, sorry, I did not mention that for this I use a "tool" called Paint
> Shop Pro under Windows98SE, as this emerged as the best for my purposes.
> As they were JPGed I put the whole set on my Linux install chowned them
> to myself, the -R switch, and could browse them in Gimp.

> But I cannot save them with the original name, the OS reports that the
> file is "read only".

> Now the question: When did the attributes got set?

> Was it when burning to CD?
> The original collection has no limits on manipulating those files and
> saving with the same name.
>
> Now the real query: Any of you "old timers" recalls how to change
> attributes under DOS on a whole collection of files? (-R?????)

GrantC wrote:

> "attrib /?" will tell you

Once, before Win95 and Linux, this command would have been instinctive
for me.
Got rusty since. But it responded and gave me the help I needed.
(It also performed as expected!)

Thanks again

Stanislaw --> back in Linux.

On 2005-02-17, Stanislaw Flatto <compaid@shoalhaven.net.au> wrote:
> Now the story:
> When browsing I found few of them in wrong position so (mea culpa!)
> rebooted Windows and tried to rotate them in right direction.
> But I cannot save them with the original name, the OS reports that the
> file is "read only".
> Now the question: When did the attributes got set?
> Was it when burning to CD?
> The original collection has no limits on manipulating those files and
> saving with the same name.

Windows 98 does things differently. Files on a read-only medium such
as a CD-ROM keep the read-only attribute when you copy to a writeable
partition, so you need to make the files writeable using attrib -r from
the MS-DOS prompt or do a lot of pointing and clicking from explorer.

Linux will keep the write permission bits when you copy the file from
a file system mounted read-only to a writeable file system.